Yeon Gu Choi Author

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A typical case of infantile haemangioma mixed with dermal melanocytosis on back

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Yeon Gu Choi

Infantile haemangioma (IH) is a most common type of benign vascular tumor of infancy. IH exhibit a characteristic life cycle – proliferation and
involution phase. In proliferation phase, pallor, telangiectasias, or duskiness is characteristic. Dermal melanocytosis are peculiar melanocytic lesions
characterized by a bluish discoloration of large portions of the skin. A 4-year-old boy presented with solitary, 7cm sized, mixed elevated plaque with
half pink and half blue coloration on the back since 50 days of age. The lesion slowly increased in size by time. On the histopathology examination,
pinkish part showed mildly proliferative spindle cells in dermis with mildly increased dermal vessels, and bluish part showed proliferating spindle
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