Symptomatic congenital hemangioma and congenital hemangiomatosis associated with a somatic activating mutation in GNA11

T Funk, Y Lim, AM Kulungowski, L Prok… - JAMA …, 2016 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Congenital hemangiomas are uncommon benign vascular tumors that present
fully formed at birth. They are rarely associated with transient hematologic abnormalities,
which are typically less severe than the Kasabach-Merritt phenomenon associated with
kaposiform hemangioendotheliomas. Congenital hemangiomas are typically solitary and
have not been reported to occur in a multifocal, generalized pattern. Objective To describe a
male infant born with an unusual, large vascular mass complicated by anemia …