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Strawberry Haemangioma
(redirected from Red Birthmark)

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Strawberry Haemangioma
A raised, irregular, bright-red capillary haemangioma or reactive proliferation of small subdermal vessels seen in infancy, which expands aggressively for several years and then involutes or disappears—90% are gone by age 7
Management Excision if necessary or high-dose prednisone


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A strawberry hemangioma is the medical term for a red birthmark common on infants and young children.
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