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Naoki Oiso1, Masatomo Kimura, Shigeru Kawara
1Department of Dermatology, Kinki University Faculty of Medicine, Osaka-Sayama, Osaka, Japan. naoiso@med.kindai.ac.jp
Abstract:
Infantile hemangioma precursors or those without a proliferative phase may mimic a port-wine stain. We describe a case of infantile hemangioma precursor, which proved to be Glut-1 positive in biopsy, with the dermoscopic features of red round globular vessels, red comma-like vessels, and red linear vessels. These dermoscopic features should help to distinguish infantile hemangioma precursors or those with an absent or minimal growth phase from a port-wine stain.
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