Infantile hemangiomas are vascular tumors of infancy that occur most commonly in the head and neck and can cause life-threatening airway compromise. Airway infantile hemangiomas commonly occur in ...

About 83 percent of hemangiomas occur in the head or neck area. Hemangiomas occur five times more often in females than in males. Vascular malformations are present at birth and enlarge ...

This is a 2-month old female with a history of a hemangioma on her right buttock since 2 weeks of age. The lesion began as a small birthmark and has continued to grow, and is now ulcerated.