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Your child has been diagnosed of hemangioma known as rose spots colloquially. Hemangiomas are noncancerous, be-
nign diseases. They can be in the form of simple red colour changes on the skin surface or large swellings raised above
the skin. Most of them are in the form of a single spot. They can be two or more in number. The risk of internal organ
hemangioma is increased in those infants with more than three hemangiomas on their skin. Internal organs of these
patients should be investigated by appropriate methods.
Hemangiomas may go unnoticed at birth. And sometimes they may be seen as simple redness or purpleness over the
skin. Their growth rate can not be estimated. The growth of growing hemangiomas is rapid in first three months. The
growth of hemangiomas stops at around one year of age in term infants. They begin shrinking usually after 18th month.
After two years of age, the 10% of them regress each year. After 9 years of age they show no reduction in size. The
risk of leaving a scar of the regressing hemangiomas depends on factors such as the size they reached, hemorrhage and
inflammation. The hemangiomas located on the face give rise to serious psychological problems in family and school-
age children.
THE PATIENT INFORMING AND CONSENT
FORM OF HAEMANGIOMA TREATMENT
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