Infantile hemangioma

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Infantile hemangioma
TermInfantile hemangioma
Short definitioninfantile hemangioma (IN-fun-TILE hee-MAN-jee-OH-muh) A benign (noncancerous) blood vessel tumor found on the skin, in tissue under the skin, or in a organ forms. Infantile hemangiomas can be raised or flat and usually appear as bright red-blue lesions on the skin. 
TypeCancer terms
SpecialtyOncology
LanguageEnglish
SourceNCI
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infantile hemangioma - (pronounced) (IN-fun-TILE hee-MAN-jee-OH-muh) A benign (noncancerous) blood vessel tumor found on the skin, in tissue under the skin, or in a organ forms. Infantile hemangiomas can be raised or flat and usually appear as bright red-blue lesions on the skin. They are sometimes referred to as "strawberry pulp". They can appear anywhere on or in the body but usually form on the skin of the head and neck. Infantile hemangiomas do not usually appear at birth, but appear when the infant is 3 to 6 weeks old. They usually get larger, then stop growing and slowly go away on their own. Infantile hemangiomas are the most common type of vascular tumor in children

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