Medical Definition of Capillary haemangioma

1. Red or purple-coloured vascular skin markings that develop shortly after birth. Most are usually painless and benign and sharply demarcated from surrounding skin, usually located on the head and neck, and grow rapidly. It is caused by proliferation of immature capillary vessels in active stroma, and is usually present at birth or occurs within the first two or three months of life. Some lesions (cavernous haemangioma) will disappear or become harder to see as the child approaches school age. Localised steroid injections have been used successfully to reduce the size of a birthmark but generally they undergo spontaneous regression and involution without scarring and normally require no treatment. (07 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Capillary Haemangioma

capillary action
capillary angioma
capillary arteriole
capillary artery
capillary attraction
capillary bed
capillary bed
capillary circulation
capillary drainage
capillary electrophoresis
capillary fracture
capillary fracture
capillary fragility
capillary fragility test
capillary fringe
capillary haemangioma (current term)
capillary lake
capillary leak syndrome
capillary loops
capillary nevus
capillary pericyte
capillary permeability
capillary permeability factor
capillary pulse
capillary resistance
capillary resistance test
capillary tube
capillary tubing
capillary vein
capillary vein

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