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Case Reports
. 2023 Jul 19;16(7):e255223.
doi: 10.1136/bcr-2023-255223.

Upper airway infantile haemangioma presenting with an atypical synchronous skin lesion

Zachary Shellman  1 , Maisie Lau  2 , Matija Daniel  2
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Case Reports

Upper airway infantile haemangioma presenting with an atypical synchronous skin lesion

Zachary Shellman et al. BMJ Case Rep. .
No abstract available

Keywords: Dermatology; Ear, nose and throat/otolaryngology.

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Competing interests: None declared.

Figures

Figure 1
Figure 1
Cutaneous haemangioma located on the patient’s upper back.
Figure 2
Figure 2
Annotated image of subglottic haemangioma (*) occluding over 80% of airway identified on emergency laryngotracehobronscopy. VC, vocal cord. Dashed orange line represents the glottic aperture.
Figure 3
Figure 3
Reduced size of cutaneous haemangioma following propranolol treatment.
Figure 4
Figure 4
Repeat laryngotracheobronscopy following propranolol treatment showing an improvement in patient’s airway due to reduction of subglottic haemangioma.
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