Diagnosis of Hemangiomas and Vascular Malformations

University of Arkansas

Status: Completed

Conditions: Arteriovenous Malformations; Lymphatic Malformations; Venular Malformations; Vascular Malformations; Hemangiomas; Venous Malformations

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT00577213

47573

Chancellor's Fund

Details and patient eligibility

About

To develop a non-invasive, simple and affordable, measurement technique to differentiate hemangiomas from subtypes of VMS. The purpose of this study is to determine the best office based diagnositc instrument for differentiating the subtype of vascular lesions. The instrument must be simple and affordable so it can be used by primary car physicians in the doctor office. The procedure will be based on non-invasive and unharmful measurements that will be compared to the diagnosis from specialized physicians in this field and the final pathology.

Enrollment: 56 patients

Sex: All

Ages: Under 75 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Suspected Hemangioma, Vascular Malformations (VMS) including venular Malformations (port-wine stain, PWS), Venous Malformations, Lymphatic Malformations, Arteriovenous Malformations or mixed malformations.

Exclusion criteria

• All pregnant individuals will be excluded, since physiologic changes of pregnancy could alter characteristics of the vascular lesion.