Navigating choices for management of Infantile Hemangioma
My daughter has a large compound infantile hemangioma on her neck at the base of her skull. Two and a half years ago I didn’t know what that was, and it's possible you might not either. As it happens, Infantile Hemangiomas are the most common type of vascular lesions, more commonly known as birthmarks, in children. You've probably seen them before and didn't know what they were called, though you might have heard them referred to as strawberry marks just like I had. Despite how common they are, I feel like calling them a birthmark is actually an anomaly because this kind of lesion is not present at birth, but appears within the first two weeks of life…