CONGENITAL HEMANGIOMA WITH MILIALIKE STRUCTURES - A CASE-REPORT

A 4-month-old infant had two 3 cm x 4 cm hemangiomatous lesions on the scalp and back, present since birth, which contained peculiar white-y ellowish small nodules, Histologically the lesions proved to have a he mangiomatous (capillary-type) component together with small keratin-co ntaining epidermal cysts (milialike) which progressively extruded thei r contents, The lesions also contained embryonic-like hair structures, The hemangiomas resolved spontaneously, We were unable to find any re ference in the literature describing this peculiar combination of feat ures.