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Infantile Hemangioma
Clinical Resolution With 5% Imiquimod Cream
Maria I. Martinez, MD;
Ignacio Sanchez-Carpintero, MD, PhD;
Paula E. North, MD, PhD;
Martin C. Mihm, Jr, MD
From the Clínica las Americas, San Juan de Puerto Rico (Dr Martinez);
University Clinic of Navarre, Spain (Dr Sanchez-Carpintero); Massachusetts
General Hospital and Harvard University, Boston (Drs Sanchez-Carpintero and
Mihm); Arkansas Children's Hospital and University of Arkansas for Medical
Sciences, Little Rock (Dr North).
Arch Dermatol. 2002;138:881-884.
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REPORT OF CASES
CASE 1
A 7-month old boy in otherwise excellent health presented for consultation
at the Clínica las Americas in San Juan, Puerto Rico, with an infantile
(juvenile) hemangioma on the frontal scalp (3.0 x 2.5 cm; Figure 1). The hemangioma, protuberant and dusky red with a cutaneous
and a subcutaneous component, was noticed by his mother at age 2 months and
enlarged rapidly. Magnetic resonance imaging showed a soft tissue mass extending
to the outer table of the skull, suggestive of infantile hemangioma.
Figure appears in full text version.
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Figure 1. Infantile hemangioma on the frontal
scalp of a 7-month-old boy (patient 1) immediately prior to initiation of
topical imiquimod therapy.
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CASE 2
A 4-month-old otherwise healthy girl presented to the same clinic with
a red-gray bulbous hemangioma, 4.5 cm in diameter, on the frontal scalp that
appeared at 1 month . . . [Full Text of this Article]
THERAPEUTIC CHALLENGE
SOLUTION
COMMENT
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