Distribution and Clinical Characteristics of Periorbital Infantile Hemangiomas.

Periorbital infantile hemangiomas (POIHs) are associated with a high incidence of visual complications. To analyze the sites of predilection of POIHs and to determine whether certain sites require earlier intervention due to their higher rate of visual complications. A retrospective case series study was conducted on patients from two tertiary care centers for 25 years.

Zinc effect on human lymphatic malformation cells in vitro.

Objectives: Lymphatic malformations (LM) are clinically characterized by episodes of inflammatory episodes. Often, an upper respiratory illness or trauma will lead to painful swelling in the distribution of the LM. Zinc is an element involved in numerous aspects of cellular metabolism and is a common dietary supplement and cold remedy.

Distribution, clinical characteristics, and surgical treatment of lip infantile hemangiomas.

Importance: Infantile hemangiomas (IHs) are the most common tumors of infancy.

Objectives: To describe the patterns of occurrence of lip IHs and correlate these findings with patterns of anatomical distortion and predictable clinical outcomes and to describe the surgical management of these lesions.

Design: A retrospective medical record review of patients diagnosed as having facial IH of the upper or lower lips during an 8-year period (January 1, 2004, through December 31, 2011).

The role of surgery in the management of congenital vascular anomalies.

Surgery is one of the modalities used to treat vascular lesions. Its role is to act in concert with interventional radiology and the various pharmacologic agents. The role of surgery in patients with hemangiomas is limited to nonresponders to propranolol, complications, and eyelid lesions.