Update on Treatment of Infantile Hemangiomas: What's New in the Last Five Years?

• Main Authors: Laura Macca (Author), Domenica Altavilla (Author), Luca Di Bartolomeo (Author), Natasha Irrera (Author), Francesco Borgia (Author), Federica Li Pomi (Author), Federico Vaccaro (Author), Violetta Squadrito (Author), Francesco Squadrito (Author), Mario Vaccaro (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A., 2022-05-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Among benign vascular tumors of infancy, hemangiomas are the commonest, affecting approximately 5-10% of one-year-old children. They are derived from a benign proliferation of vascular endothelial cells (VECs) in the mesoderm and may arise anywhere on the body around 1-2 weeks after birth. Infantile...