Infantile hemangiomas screening modalities for primary care physicians

Infantile hemangiomas are the most common benign vascular tumors in children. They present a characteristic natural history of spontaneous involution after phase initial proliferation. A small but significant minority demonstrates incomplete regression or complications and requires prompt intervention. Prediction evolution infantile is challenging because their morphological behavioral heterogeneity. The decision between referral for treatment observation sometimes difficult, especially among non-expert physicians, with risk missing period optimizing outcomes case delayed aim this review to update our knowledge, primary care providers, regarding ongoing difficulties early clinical evaluation hemangiomas, outline importance current practical scoring tools identification lesions which require expert consultation referral.