Talk:Infantile hemangioma

Diagnosis?

How are internal hemangiomas diagnosed? --Renice 23:08, 3 January 2007 (UTC)

-- I believe that internal hemangiomas can be located visually. They usually cause some deformity of the body. In other cases where the hemangioma is located near a specific organ, it can disrupt the normal function of the organ any dependent organs. In that case, a problem is not hard to recognize... it's just recognizing the problem. --MykeyJ 09:42, 16 February 2007 (UTC)

In fact internal hemangiomas are not located visually. If a baby has difficulty breathing in association with hemangioma on the face and neck involvement of the larynx must be suspected. If multiple hemangiomas are present on the body, ultrasound of the liver is usually carried out.

This article is wrong. I am 20 and still have the huge hemangioma that I was born with on my thigh.

You may have a vascular malformation and not a hemangioma of infancy which by definition get better. In general a vascular malformation will have been present as long as you can remember and and show growth in proportion to your body growth. Swelling and varicosity may occur slowly over life. Injury may initiate more rapid swelling Philbek (talk) 08:03, 23 February 2008 (UTC)

You can have a hemangioma as an adult they are just more common in children i have and i am an adult. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Bmfred (talk • contribs) 23:39, 24 April 2008 (UTC)

I am a 17 year old Australian and I have a relatively small Strawberry Birthmark on the lower left half of my chest and has stayed the same size since I can remember except it isn't red, it's brown... - Sebastian Kaczorowski (talk) 12:49, 17 June 2008 (UTC)

I had an intramuscular hemangioma appear in my late 30's on my temple and now in my early 40's just had another removed from my shoulder blade. Neither were there at birth. Neither were visible until they grew enough. Neither were red until they grew large enough to present a pink appearance. This article needs to be updated to reflect accurate information. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Mitty702 (talk • contribs) 17:24, 18 June 2008 (UTC)

I will try to explain again, the term hemangioma has been, in the past, incorrectly applied to any swelling of blood vessels. Now the word hemangioma is used to describe only those blood vessel lumps that may or may not be present at birth, but then have a growth phase in the first few months, followed by a phase of dissappearance. Venous malformations can look identical, they are present at birth and do not go away. Sometimes new ones can continue to appear throughout life, the reason for this is still a matter of debate. Venous malformations can be very troublesome causing pain if they are in muscle or joints. Some of them are treated with surgery, other can respond to injection treatment with sclerosants performed by interventional radiologists. Very superficial blue lesions (visible as dark blue lumps) can be treated with long pulsed Nd:YAG laserPhilbek (talk) 22:42, 6 July 2008 (UTC)

"Rare" complications?

This article could use some more research, as a lot of hemangiomas are not benign and cause many complications. MykeyJ 09:39, 16 February 2007 (UTC)

Yes there are some very severe complications like death i know all of these complications because i ave a hemangima and it alsoshould say that it is not always visible and that it can grow on the inside of the skin and is very serious. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.97.140.122 (talk) 21:18, 13 January 2008 (UTC)

Laser treatment?

I just talked to my daughter who told me her newborn son is scheduled to see a pediatric dermatologist regarding laser treatment for his hemangioma. She was told this is something they like to do before the baby is 4 months old as it can obviate the need for surgical removal later. I see there's no mention of this in this article. Gr8white 00:09, 3 March 2007 (UTC)

Laser treatment is mentioned in the article. It only works sometimes and only if the the hemangioma is very flatPhilbek (talk) 08:05, 23 February 2008 (UTC)

hemangioma in the leg...

hemangioma if occurs somewhere deep in the leg, causes a lot of pain..the pain appears to be emanating from the deep inside of knee joint.. what should be done for it..the patient is 28 yrs old.. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 203.90.85.235 (talk) 09:08, 22 April 2007 (UTC).

You are describing a venous malformation and not a hemangioma which will have resolved by age 10. Treatment of venous malformation is difficult and usually involves sclerosant injection or surgery. Superficial cosmetically disfiguring portions will sometimes respond to a specific type of laser Philbek (talk) 08:08, 23 February 2008 (UTC)

Not necessarily they can still be around after the age of 10 i am 16 and see a doctor regularly for treatment and i have a HEMANGIOMA not a venous malformation they dont all go away by the age of 10. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Bmfred (talk • contribs) 23:42, 24 April 2008 (UTC)

The vast majority of hemangiomas of infancy will have resolved by age. Occaisionally there may be some cases of incomplete resolution that need treatment. It is confusing however as there are different entites such as Non involuting congential haemangiomas that do not go away but they are quite different to haemangiomas both in appearance and the fact that they are present fully formed at birth. Philbek (talk) 00:57, 8 November 2009 (UTC)

The Man with No Face

Somebody should really include some information about "The Man With No Face" the person featured in a Discovery and TLC documentary. He has a 12 pound Hemangioma that has taken over his entire face. See: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2007/12/03/wface103.xml —Preceding unsigned comment added by 216.230.102.213 (talk) 02:14, 7 February 2008 (UTC)

This man does not have a hemangioma of infancy. He has a Port-wine stain (capillary vascular malformation) These lesion present at birth as a flat red mark. Very rarely in adulthood they can undergo dramatic thickening. This complication is rare and as yet poorly understood. Philbek (talk) 08:11, 23 February 2008 (UTC)

Angioma Title discussion

Angioma is also a general term for all kinds of vascular anomalies both congental and acquired. It would make this page even more confusing.

"Vascular Anomalies" is the best encompassing heading. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Philbek (talk • contribs) 08:24, 23 February 2008 (UTC)

I find this terribly confusing as it is. There's a "see also" link at the end, to "cherry angioma". That's something that generally arises later in adult life. It's my understanding that an angioma can be of two general categories, an angioma of blood vessels, called a hemangioma, or one of lymph vessels, called lymphangioma. The page on cherry angiomas also refers to them as cherry hemangiomas, and I have also encountered the term Senile Hemangioma. It seems to me that this is not and incorrect use of the word hemangioma.

I understand this article is about Infantile Hemangiomas. But my understanding is that a cherry angioma is also a type of hemangioma, i.e. an angioma of blood vessels. Are you saying that the *only* kind of hemangioma is an infantile hemangioma? And that a cherry angioma is *not* a hemangioma? Or, that it used to be called that but isn't anymore? Or what?

My point is that I came looking for information about cherry angiomas (I didn't know they were called that), and this page says flatly that hemangiomas never develop in adulthood. Whereas the article on cherry (hem)angiomas clearly states that they do.

In my opinion the title of this page should be changed to Infantile Hemangioma, and there should be at least a disambiguation page pointing to other types of hemangioma, i.e. Senile Hemangioma, or, if this page is to remain with the title of only Hemangioma, then it should include references to other types, not only Infantile.

Point taken - will see if it can be changed Philbek (talk) 01:30, 8 November 2009 (UTC) IamNotU (talk) 02:00, 27 April 2009 (UTC)

Propranolol

Interesting report on the use of propranolol to delay growth http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/full/358/24/2649 JFW | T@lk 12:55, 12 June 2008 (UTC) It is now fair to say that the initial experience with propranolol has been very successful and many treatment centres are using it as first-line therapy.Philbek (talk) 09:03, 1 November 2009 (UTC)

Other Hemangiomas

Dear folks, as a layman who is fretting over an ultrasound diagnosis, I found what I would say is a significant omission on this page, to wit, no mention of Hepatic Hemangioma. May I suggest an addition to address this other usage for the term Hemangioma? Thanks. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.28.184.145 (talk) 07:32, 25 April 2009 (UTC)

Oh, sorry, I can't read, just saw the definition discussion at the top, but there seems to be an inconsistency in the literature. Treethinker (talk) 07:38, 25 April 2009 (UTC)

Terminology: "recent" is vague, goes stale, and doesn't scale

The Terminology section says there have been "recent" changes to hemangioma terminology. Obviously "recent" and words like it are not ideal for a living document as such terms do not scale and become maintenance challenges. What's "recent" today becomes less and less recent as time goes by. For accuracy, and to keep the information from going stale, it would be much better to use an exact date, or to use some other wording or term that's less vague than "recent." This section cites one source, from 1982. Assuming the "recent" terminology changes occurred any time before or around 1982, using the term "recent" to describe them is extremely inaccurate. We need to specify an approximate or specific point in time in which these changes began to occur/were introduced. If it's true that books and dictionaries still haven't incorporated these changes, we can still say that (although if it is the case that the terminology changes were introduced >25 years later, it would be worth finding out why because it could indicate that there is lack of consensus or something else going on that we should mention in the interest neutrality and NPOV). I will see what I can find out and do to make this section more accurate/current. In the meantime, if anyone with knowledge about this comes along, please consider updating this article. Hananekosan (talk) 09:23, 2 September 2009 (UTC) I agree, good point, have removed the term "recent". —Preceding unsigned comment added by Philbek (talk • contribs) 09:29, 25 October 2009 (UTC)

"Mulliken et al"

This should have a specific in-line citation, if possible, for clarity. ForestAngel (talk) 21:32, 17 March 2011 (UTC) o que é o henmangioma qual o risco quando eleé situado na cabeça — Preceding unsigned comment added by 177.37.110.193 (talk) 17:01, 12 October 2012 (UTC)

Etymology

The word aggeio is given as the etymology of the -angi- part of the word. The form as given is the Modern Greek form. We do not usually see Modern Greek in etymologies. In Classical Greek the word requires a smooth breathing on the initial alpha, a circumflex accent on the iota of the penultimate syllable, and a final nu.

Apologies - I see the Greek characters given do not allow for the correct representation of Classical Greek. Tchoh. As you were. Signed A. Pedant (Cape Town) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 41.132.99.153 (talk) 16:09, 11 June 2013 (UTC)

Should be re-titled "Infantile Hemangioma"

There are many kinds of hemangioma, but this entry almost exclusively discusses infantile hemangioma, which are probably not even the most common kind. For example, see http://dermoscopymadesimple.blogspot.com/2010/09/haemangioma.html .peter (talk) 17:40, 17 September 2016 (UTC)