Skin Patterns Associated with Upper Airway Infantile Haemangiomas: A Retrospective Multicentre Study

Acta Derm Venereol. 2016 Nov 2;96(7):963-966. doi: 10.2340/00015555-2357.

Abstract

The aim of this study was to define the skin patterns at high risk for upper airway infantile haemangioma. A retrospective multicentre French observational study was conducted between January 2006 and January 2015 and all confirmed airway haemangioma were included. Thirty-eight patients with airway haemangioma from 9 centres were included. Thirty-one patients had a cutaneous or mucosal haemangioma: 21 with a location considered at high risk for airway haemangioma (large segmental mandibular haemangioma), 4 with a very mild facial involvement (lower lip or S1 (frontotemporal segment according to Haggstrom and Frieden)) and 6 with either lesions of the neck or body, or association of both. We report here the largest cohort of airway haemangioma. A third of patients do not completely fit with the definition of the high-risk area of airway haemangioma. Segmental lower lip and neck involvement also seem to be very suggestive areas. Clinicians must be able to recognize these areas.

Publication types

  • Multicenter Study
  • Observational Study

MeSH terms

  • Female
  • France / epidemiology
  • Head and Neck Neoplasms / epidemiology*
  • Head and Neck Neoplasms / pathology
  • Hemangioma / epidemiology*
  • Hemangioma / pathology
  • Humans
  • Infant
  • Infant, Newborn
  • Laryngeal Neoplasms / epidemiology*
  • Laryngeal Neoplasms / pathology
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Male
  • Pharyngeal Neoplasms / epidemiology*
  • Pharyngeal Neoplasms / pathology
  • Retrospective Studies
  • Skin Neoplasms / epidemiology*
  • Skin Neoplasms / pathology