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To the Editor: Despite their self-limited course, infantile capillary hemangiomas can impair vital or sensory functions or cause disfigurement. Corticosteroids are the first line of treatment for problematic infantile capillary hemangiomas^1,2; other options include interferon alfa³ and vincristine.¹ We have observed that propranolol can inhibit the growth of these hemangiomas. Our preliminary data from 11 children are summarized in Table 1 in the Supplementary Appendix, available with the full text of this letter at www.nejm.org.

The first child had a nasal capillary hemangioma. Despite corticosteroid treatment, the lesion was stabilized but obstructive hypertrophic myocardiopathy developed, so the patient . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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