Birthmarks of Medical Significance, An Issue of Pediatric Clinics (The Clinics: Internal Medicine)

This issue of Pediatric Clinics covers Birthmarks of Medical Significance. Guest Editors Drs. Beth Drolet and Maria Garzon have assembled a panel of experts who offer reviews on topics including Vascular birthmarks: Introduction and classification, Infantile hemangioma, Other vascular tumors, Coagulopathy associated with vascular tumors/Kassabach-Merrit Phenomenon, Vascular malformations, Genetics and syndromes, Pigmentary mosaicism, Café au lait, Congenital melanocytic nevi, Dermal melanocytosis, and Epidermal nevi and nevus sebaceous. Vascular birthmarks. Infantile hemangioma / Kristen E. Holland and Beth A. Drolet Kasabach-Merritt phenomenon / Michael Kelly Vascular malformations / Jennifer T. Huang and Marilyn G. Liang Genetics and syndromes associated with vascular malformations / Kelly Duffy Pigmented birthmarks. Patterned pigmentation in children / James Treat The diagnostic and clinical significances of cafe-au-lait macules / Kara N. Shah Congenital melanocytic nevi / Valerie B. Lyon Epidermal nevi. Epidermal nevi / Heather A. Brandling-Bennett and Kimberly D. Morel. Outline placeholder......Page 0 B......Page 1 C......Page 2 Nevus sebaceous......Page 3 H......Page 5 K......Page 6 M......Page 7 S......Page 10 V......Page 11 References......Page 13 F......Page 4 N......Page 8 P......Page 9 Z......Page 12 Initiating Surgical Treatment and Alternative Treatments......Page 14 Pathways to Melanoma......Page 15 Summary......Page 16 References......Page 17 Covers birthmarks of medical significance. This work offers reviews on topics including vascular birthmarks - introduction and classification, infantile hemangioma, other vascular tumors, coagulopathy associated with vascular tumors/Kassabach-Merrit Phenomenon, vascular malformations, genetics and syndromes, and epidermal nevi and nevus sebaceous.