SAN DIEGO — Since the publication of the successful use of propranolol for severe hemangioma of infancy in 2008, one pediatric ophthalmologist said here that her practice, among others, has ...

Pyogenic granuloma (PG), also known as lobular capillary hemangioma, granuloma pyogenicum, tumor of pregnancy, eruptive hemangioma, and granulation tissue-type hemangioma, was first described in 1897 ...

CHICAGO — For treatment of cutaneous infantile capillary hemangiomas that are not visually threatening, topical timolol maleate gel 0.25% is safe and effective, researchers reported at the American ...

Splenic hamartoma is a rare tumor-like lesion composed of structurally disorganized red pulp elements. It has been hypothesized that two other splenic lesions, cord capillary hemangioma and myoid ...

At first glance, you might be wondering what's wrong with the little girl's face, and that comes as no surprise to her mom — it's pretty much the first thing that people ask Katie Crenshaw as soon as ...

Two pregnant women have suffered tumors on their lips and tongues after being injured, with one caused by chewing on food. A 26-year-old from Saudi Arabia suffered the non-cancerous growth on the ...

One mum is speaking out against remarks made towards her daughter, who has a large birthmark across her face. Six-month-old Charlie Crenshaw was born with capillary hemangioma – a vascular tumor that ...

Katie Crenshaw has a message for strangers who make comments about her daughter's birthmark: "We don’t need to talk about it every time you look at her." In a blog post that is now going viral, ...

A hemangioma, as defined by the Mayo Clinic, is "a birthmark that most commonly appears as a rubbery, bright red nodule of extra blood vessels in the skin." The vascular abnormality is common — ...