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JEROME M. GREENHOUSE, M.D.; THADDEUS SZEWCZYK, M.D.

AMA Arch Derm. 1956;73(6):568-571.

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The increasing interest exemplified in recent articles on retrolental fibroplasia and hemangiomas, as well as the fact that the case we are reporting responded so nicely to therapy, prompted us to make a report on our findings of the incidence between skin hemangiomas and retrolental fibroplasia.

Andrews^* reports that there is a definite relationship between cutaneous hemangiomas and retrolental fibroplasia, particularly in premature infants. He also states that "it is important for the dermatologist to know about retrolental fibroplasia. In many cases there is spontaneous regression, but in the others the only possible treatment is by irradiation in the early active stage before irremedial damage, cicatrization, and blindness develop.''¹ Reiss and Blodi³ point out that "the clinical course of skin hemangiomas parallels that of retrolental fibroplasia in that the large majority of skin hemangiomas appear after birth (within the first five weeks) and undergo an active, . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
St. Louis

Footnotes
Submitted for publication June 28, 1955.

Department of Dermatology, Barnard Free Skin and Cancer Hospital and Barnes Hospital, Washington University School of Medicine; Ophthalmology Department, St. Louis University School of Medicine.

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