Hemangioma in the back of the head

    Child 3 years old with a hemangioma in the occipital region of the head is directed to ultrasound.

    Visually, there is a change in the specified area of the skin, type of birthmark.

    At ultrasound in that area subcutaneously there is a highly blood-supplied hypoechoic oval lesion with an irregular contour, slightly deeper there is a thickened portion of a muscle with increased blood flow at PD and relatively wide vessel (s) up to 1.5 mm (feeding vessel?)

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