An angioma is a limited vascular lesion, located in the layer of sub cutaneous tissues (fat, muscles).

Tuberous angioma of chin

An angioma may be congenital l ( present at birth, or some days after birth), or may appear lastly. 3 at 5 % of newborns have an angioma, all kinds and sizes mixed.

Main kinds of angioma are:

• Naevus flammeus.
• Stellar angioma :
  • common starry and reddish lesion.
• Plane angioma :
  • called usually "strawberry mark"..
• Hemangioma ( or tuberous angioma or strawberry-like angioma):
  • Very common, girls are more often concerned than boys. Often of little size, 80% of them will be not surgically treated. Some of them, with esthetic and functional consequences will need an adapted and specialized treatment.
• Lymphangioma.

A new classification of cutaneous vascular lesions is now established and allows a new international therapeutic approach of these lesions.

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