Vascular Birthmarks as a Clue for Complex and Syndromic Vascular Anomalies

• Main Authors: Andrea Diociaiuti (Author), Guglielmo Paolantonio (Author), Mario Zama (Author), Rita Alaggio (Author), Claudia Carnevale (Author), Andrea Conforti (Author), Claudia Cesario (Author), Maria Lisa Dentici (Author), Paola Sabrina Buonuomo (Author), Massimo Rollo (Author), May El Hachem (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A., 2021-10-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Vascular birthmarks are common in neonates (prevalence: 20-30%) and mostly incidental findings sometimes with spontaneous regression (salmon patch and nevus simplex). Capillary malformations are found in about 1% and infantile hemangiomas are found in 4% of mature newborns. Vascular malformations ar...