Principal Investigator:
Denise Metry, MD
Baylor College of Medicine
Overview:
Infantile hemangiomas are growths of blood vessels that most often affect the skin, appear within a few months after birth, and gradually improve over several years, They are benign and typically non-problematic. Less commonly, they may be large and extensive over the skin, in which case they can be a sign of abnormal blood vessel and organ development underneath the hemangioma. When this occurs in the head and neck area, it is called PHACE syndrome, and when it occurs over the buttocks, genitals and/or leg it is called LUMBAR syndrome. In contrast to PHACE, little research has been done on LUMBAR When developing studies to research a syndrome, it is important to first decide what skin and organ findings qualify a patient for a diagnosis, known as diagnostic criteria. This helps ensure that the group of patients being studied is well-defined so that research findings are more accurate, Our goal is to establish diagnostic criteria for LUMBAR syndrome.
Status:
This project is underway.
