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Birthmarks - red    See images

Overview | Symptoms | Treatment | Prevention

Alternative names:

Strawberry hemangioma; Strawberry mark; Stork bites; Vascular skin changes; Angioma cavernosum; Cavernous hemangiomas; Capillary hemangioma; Salmon patches; Hemangiomas; Hemangioma simplex; Nevus flammeus

Symptoms

Signs and Tests

All birthmarks should be examined by a health care provider. Diagnosis is based primarily on the appearance of the skin lesion.

Biopsy, CT scan or MRI of the area may confirm deeper birthmarks (for example, an abdominal MRI).

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