|Articles|October 1, 2004

Another baby and another cutaneous lesion--and more on efficient recognition and management

In this installment, the author helps you distinguish among vascular malformations, hemangiomas, and less common vascular tumors of infancy and identify the lesions associated with congenital syphilis. The first part of this article appeared in the July 2004 issue.


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