Topical Beta Blockers as a Treatment for Superficial Cutaneous Infantile Haemangiomas

Abstract

IH is a pediatric vascular tumor that appears as red, raised flesh a few weeks after birth in 5-10 % of neonates, and it is more common in the prematurely-born and in females. 1982, Mulliken and Glowacki categorized vascular birthmarks into two main categories: hemangiomas and vascular malformations. Depending on the depth of the lesion, the simple clinical classification system by Waner and Suen was used to note which hemangiomas were in either the superficial hemangioma (located in the papillary dermis), the deep-seated hemangioma (located in the reticular dermis or subcutaneous tissue), and the compound type with both superficial and deep hemangioma characteristics.