PEDIATRICS Vol. 14 No. 5 November 1954, pp. 523-527
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TREATMENT OF HEMANGIOMA OF THE SKIN IN INFANCY AND CHILDHOOD BY ROENTGEN IRRADIATION AND RADIUM

(A Report of 323 Cases)

ANIS ABDULKERIM M.D.1, JOSEPH A. BOYD M.D.1, and ROBERT J. REEVES M.D.1

1 The Department of Radiology, Duke Hospital, Durham, N.C.

A group of 323 cases of hemangioma of the skin were studied and follow-up results are given. The majority were of the cavernous and strawberry types. The classifications given are according to the relative sensitivity to irradiation. Various groups are separated depending on the type of treatment used.

The sites of predilection are the head and face. Complications are not frequent if treatment is given carefully.