Vascular Birthmarks. (Shorts).(Brief Article) From: Townsend Letter for Doctors and Patients | Date: February 1, 2002| Author: Klotter, Jule | COPYRIGHT 2002 The Townsend Letter Group. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

Every year, about 400,000 infants in the US are born with or soon develop vascular birthmarks. These birthmarks vary from small port-wine-colored stains on an unobvious part of the body to noticeable, disfiguring growths on the face. About 10% of these birthmarks, some of which obstruct sight, breathing, or speech development, require medical intervention. Children with these disfiguring growths are often rejected by others; and, their parents have been falsely accused of child abus...

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