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Nasal and Lip Infantile Hemangiomas

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Infantile hemangiomas (IH, hemangiomas) of the nose comprise 15% of head and neck hemangiomas. Nasal hemangiomas are important because of their prominent location on the face and their liklihood to leave a disfiguring residuum after involution. Early treatment with propranolol is advocated and for those that fail to respond, surgical resection through a rim incision or a modified subunit approach is indicated. Lip hemangiomas are also common (20%) of all hemangiomas. Due to their prominent location, early treatment with propranolol is advocated and has been shown to improve the liklihood of a good outcome. Lesions greater than 2.83cm were associated with a poor outcome even with early propranolol treatment and surgical correction will be necessary.

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  1. Center for Vascular Anomalies, Center for Pediatric Otolaryngology, New York Head & Neck Institute, New York, NY, USA

    Milton Waner MD

  2. Vascular Birthmark Institute of New York, Manhattan Eye, Ear, and Throat and Lenox Hill Hospitals, New York, NY, USA

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  1. Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, University of Washington, Seattle Children’s Hospital, Seattle, WA, USA

    Jonathan A. Perkins

  2. Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA

    Karthik Balakrishnan

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Waner, M., Teresa, M.O. (2018). Nasal and Lip Infantile Hemangiomas. In: Perkins, J., Balakrishnan, K. (eds) Evidence-Based Management of Head and Neck Vascular Anomalies. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-92306-2_16

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