Epidemiological features and risks of hemangiomas

Hemangiomas are the most common benign tumors of childhood. The known risk factors in developing hemangiomas are female gender, prematurity and low birth weight. Our study was designed to investigate prenatal and natal risk factors in addition to the above factors that would potentially affect deve...

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Main Authors: Gürses Şahin, Duygu Düzcan-Kilimci, Hikmet Gülşah Tanyıldız
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Published: Hacettepe University Institute of Child Health 2017-12-01
Series:The Turkish Journal of Pediatrics
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Online Access:https://turkjpediatr.org/article/view/1049
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author Gürses Şahin
Duygu Düzcan-Kilimci
Hikmet Gülşah Tanyıldız
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description Hemangiomas are the most common benign tumors of childhood. The known risk factors in developing hemangiomas are female gender, prematurity and low birth weight. Our study was designed to investigate prenatal and natal risk factors in addition to the above factors that would potentially affect development of hemangiomas. Two hundred forty hemangioma patients and 100 healthy controls were included in the study. Both groups were interviewed for age, gender, prenatal characteristics (presence of maternal pregnancy hypotension, hypertension and hyperemesis, parental smoking habits) as well as natal characteristics (delivery, birth weight, gestational age) and maternal-paternal age. Hemangiomas were mostly localized in the head and neck. Risk of developing hemangioma was higher in girls and in firstlings. History of hyperemesis during pregnancy increased incidence of hemangioma. Post-term delivery was found to be protective against developing hemangioma. We are in the opinion that there is a need for wider studies with a bigger sample size so as to detect other risk factors.
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spelling doaj-art-3dae14417635486db9edc5e5e4009cb22025-08-20T03:00:53ZengHacettepe University Institute of Child HealthThe Turkish Journal of Pediatrics0041-43012791-64212017-12-0159610.24953/turkjped.2017.06.007Epidemiological features and risks of hemangiomasGürses Şahin0Duygu Düzcan-Kilimci1Hikmet Gülşah Tanyıldız2Departments of Pediatric Oncology and Hematology, Dr. Sami Ulus Maternity and Children's Health and Diseases Training and Research Hospital, Ankara, Turkey.Departments of Pediatrics, Dr. Sami Ulus Maternity and Children's Health and Diseases Training and Research Hospital, Ankara, Turkey.Departments of Pediatric Oncology and Hematology, Dr. Sami Ulus Maternity and Children's Health and Diseases Training and Research Hospital, Ankara, Turkey. Hemangiomas are the most common benign tumors of childhood. The known risk factors in developing hemangiomas are female gender, prematurity and low birth weight. Our study was designed to investigate prenatal and natal risk factors in addition to the above factors that would potentially affect development of hemangiomas. Two hundred forty hemangioma patients and 100 healthy controls were included in the study. Both groups were interviewed for age, gender, prenatal characteristics (presence of maternal pregnancy hypotension, hypertension and hyperemesis, parental smoking habits) as well as natal characteristics (delivery, birth weight, gestational age) and maternal-paternal age. Hemangiomas were mostly localized in the head and neck. Risk of developing hemangioma was higher in girls and in firstlings. History of hyperemesis during pregnancy increased incidence of hemangioma. Post-term delivery was found to be protective against developing hemangioma. We are in the opinion that there is a need for wider studies with a bigger sample size so as to detect other risk factors. https://turkjpediatr.org/article/view/1049hemangiomahyperemesispregnancyrisk factors
spellingShingle Gürses Şahin
Duygu Düzcan-Kilimci
Hikmet Gülşah Tanyıldız
Epidemiological features and risks of hemangiomas
The Turkish Journal of Pediatrics
hemangioma
hyperemesis
pregnancy
risk factors
title Epidemiological features and risks of hemangiomas
title_full Epidemiological features and risks of hemangiomas
title_fullStr Epidemiological features and risks of hemangiomas
title_full_unstemmed Epidemiological features and risks of hemangiomas
title_short Epidemiological features and risks of hemangiomas
title_sort epidemiological features and risks of hemangiomas
topic hemangioma
hyperemesis
pregnancy
risk factors
url https://turkjpediatr.org/article/view/1049
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