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NEVUS SANGUINEUS

Red or purple-coloured vascular skin markings that develop shortly after birth. Most are generally painless and benign and sharply demarcated from surrounding skin, generally situated on the head and neck, and grow rapidly. It is caused by proliferation of immature capillary vessels in active stroma, and is generally gift 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 baby approaches school age. Localised steroid injections have been used successfully to reduce the size of a birthmark but usually they undergo spontaneous regression and involution without scarring and normally require no treatment.
harem   hare's-ear   hare's eye   hare's-foot fern   hare's-tail   harfang   hariali grass   haricot   (1)
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