Rapid involuting congenital hemangioma in the setting of PHACE association.

Rapidly involuting congenital hemangioma (RICH) is an uncommon vascular tumor that, unlike infantile hemangioma, is largely developed at birth and undergoes rapid postnatal involution. To date, RICH has often been described in the setting of an isolated lesion, whereas infantile hemangioma is a well-known feature of numerous syndromes and associations, including the association of posterior fossa anomalies, hemangioma, arterial anomalies, cardiac anomalies, and eye anomalies. The authors report a unique case of RICH in the setting of this association. Pediatrics 2014;133:e1777–e1780 AUTHORS: Lauren M. Patrick, MD,a Christine Oh, BA, MS,a Nancy Bauman, MD,b Bhupender Yadav, MD,c Philip Guzetta, MD,d Iris Rubin, MD,e and Albert K. Oh, MDf aDepartment of Plastic Surgery, Georgetown University Hospital, Washington, District of Columbia; bDivision of Otolaryngology, cDepartment of Radiology, dDepartment of Surgery, eDepartment of Dermatology, and fDivision of Plastic Surgery, Children’s National Medical Center, Washington, District of Columbia