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Rapidly involuting congenital hemangioma

MedGen UID:
698687
•Concept ID:
C1275421
•
Neoplastic Process
Synonyms: Rapidly Involuting Congenital Hemangioma; rapidly involuting congenital hemangioma; RICH; rich; RICH - rapidly involuting congenital hemangioma
SNOMED CT: Rapidly involuting congenital hemangioma (400162006); RICH - rapidly involuting congenital hemangioma (400162006); Rapidly involuting congenital hemangioma (703294004); RICH - rapidly involuting congenital hemangioma (703294004)
Modes of inheritance:
Not genetically inherited
MedGen UID:
988794
•Concept ID:
CN307044
•
Finding
Source: Orphanet
clinical entity without genetic inheritance.
See: This record
Not genetically inherited (Orphanet)
 
Monarch Initiative: MONDO:0015404
Orphanet: ORPHA141184

Definition

Rapidly involuting congenital hemangiomas (RICH) are a distinctive type of congenital hemangioma that are fully formed <i>in utero</i> and differ from non-involuting congenital haemangiomas (NICH; see this term) mainly because they undergo rapid postnatal involution. [from ORDO]

Term Hierarchy

CClinical test,  RResearch test,  OOMIM,  GGeneReviews,  VClinVar  
  • CROGVRapidly involuting congenital hemangioma

Professional guidelines

PubMed

Postnatal treatment and evolution patterns of giant fetal hepatic hemangioma: a case series of 29 patients.
Xie LL, Huang YB, Dong KR, Yang SB, Shen C, Ma YY
BMC Pediatr 2024 Jan 3;24(1):8. doi: 10.1186/s12887-023-04476-2. PMID: 38172842Free PMC Article
Vascular and lymphatic tumors in infancy, childhood and adulthood: challenge of diagnosis and treatment.
Edgerton MT, Hiebert JM
Curr Probl Cancer 1978 Jan;2(7):1-44. doi: 10.1016/s0147-0272(78)80001-4. PMID: 373997

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Kaposiform hemangioendothelioma with overlapping features of rapidly involuting congenital hemangioma and a delayed complication of necrotizing fasciitis.
Belmesk L, Dubois J, Caouette-Laberge L, David M, Bortoluzzi P, Kokta V, Hatami A, McCuaig CC
Pediatr Dermatol 2020 Sep;37(5):902-906. Epub 2020 Jul 16 doi: 10.1111/pde.14262. PMID: 32677125
Ultrasound findings in rapidly involuting congenital hemangioma (RICH) - beware of venous ectasia and venous lakes.
Waelti SL, Rypens F, Damphousse A, Powell J, Soulez G, Messerli M, Dubois J
Pediatr Radiol 2018 Apr;48(4):586-593. Epub 2018 Jan 23 doi: 10.1007/s00247-017-4042-3. PMID: 29362838
Reticular infantile hemangiomas with minimal or arrested growth associated with lipoatrophy.
Bessis D, Bigorre M, Labrèze C
J Am Acad Dermatol 2015 May;72(5):828-33. Epub 2015 Mar 9 doi: 10.1016/j.jaad.2015.01.028. PMID: 25766364
Prenatal diagnosis and postnatal follow-up of rapidly involuting congenital hemangioma (RICH).
Fadell MF 2nd, Jones BV, Adams DM
Pediatr Radiol 2011 Aug;41(8):1057-60. Epub 2011 Feb 22 doi: 10.1007/s00247-010-1967-1. PMID: 21337126
Congenital hemangiomas and infantile hemangioma: missing links.
Mulliken JB, Enjolras O
J Am Acad Dermatol 2004 Jun;50(6):875-82. doi: 10.1016/j.jaad.2003.10.670. PMID: 15153887

Diagnosis

Rapidly involuting congenital hemangioma in a newborn.
Vallés Arenes M, Esteve Martínez A, García García JÁ, Guixeres Esteve MT
An Pediatr (Engl Ed) 2023 May;98(5):395-396. Epub 2023 Apr 13 doi: 10.1016/j.anpede.2023.03.004. PMID: 37061428
Early postnatal proliferation of rapidly involuting congenital hemangioma.
Matarneh B, Lillis AP, Fernandez Faith E
Pediatr Dermatol 2022 Jan;39(1):137-138. Epub 2021 Dec 12 doi: 10.1111/pde.14893. PMID: 34902173
Rapidly involuting congenital hemangioma.
Brás S, Mendes-Bastos P, Amaro C
An Bras Dermatol 2017 Nov-Dec;92(6):861-863. doi: 10.1590/abd1806-4841.20175608. PMID: 29364450Free PMC Article
Reticular infantile hemangiomas with minimal or arrested growth associated with lipoatrophy.
Bessis D, Bigorre M, Labrèze C
J Am Acad Dermatol 2015 May;72(5):828-33. Epub 2015 Mar 9 doi: 10.1016/j.jaad.2015.01.028. PMID: 25766364
Partially involuting congenital hemangiomas: a report of 8 cases and review of the literature.
Nasseri E, Piram M, McCuaig CC, Kokta V, Dubois J, Powell J
J Am Acad Dermatol 2014 Jan;70(1):75-9. Epub 2013 Oct 29 doi: 10.1016/j.jaad.2013.09.018. PMID: 24176519

Prognosis

Early postnatal proliferation of rapidly involuting congenital hemangioma.
Matarneh B, Lillis AP, Fernandez Faith E
Pediatr Dermatol 2022 Jan;39(1):137-138. Epub 2021 Dec 12 doi: 10.1111/pde.14893. PMID: 34902173
Rapidly involuting congenital hemangioma.
Brás S, Mendes-Bastos P, Amaro C
An Bras Dermatol 2017 Nov-Dec;92(6):861-863. doi: 10.1590/abd1806-4841.20175608. PMID: 29364450Free PMC Article
Rapidly involuting congenital hemangioma associated with profound, transient thrombocytopenia.
Rangwala S, Wysong A, Tollefson MM, Khuu P, Benjamin LT, Bruckner AL
Pediatr Dermatol 2014 May-Jun;31(3):402-4. Epub 2012 Sep 3 doi: 10.1111/j.1525-1470.2012.01827.x. PMID: 22937785
Prenatal diagnosis and postnatal follow-up of rapidly involuting congenital hemangioma (RICH).
Fadell MF 2nd, Jones BV, Adams DM
Pediatr Radiol 2011 Aug;41(8):1057-60. Epub 2011 Feb 22 doi: 10.1007/s00247-010-1967-1. PMID: 21337126
Rapidly involuting congenital hemangioma: a case of complete prenatal involution.
Ozcan UA
J Clin Ultrasound 2010 Feb;38(2):85-8. doi: 10.1002/jcu.20647. PMID: 19899150

Clinical prediction guides

Kaposiform hemangioendothelioma with overlapping features of rapidly involuting congenital hemangioma and a delayed complication of necrotizing fasciitis.
Belmesk L, Dubois J, Caouette-Laberge L, David M, Bortoluzzi P, Kokta V, Hatami A, McCuaig CC
Pediatr Dermatol 2020 Sep;37(5):902-906. Epub 2020 Jul 16 doi: 10.1111/pde.14262. PMID: 32677125
Ultrasound findings in rapidly involuting congenital hemangioma (RICH) - beware of venous ectasia and venous lakes.
Waelti SL, Rypens F, Damphousse A, Powell J, Soulez G, Messerli M, Dubois J
Pediatr Radiol 2018 Apr;48(4):586-593. Epub 2018 Jan 23 doi: 10.1007/s00247-017-4042-3. PMID: 29362838
Rapidly involuting congenital hemangioma: clinical and histopathologic features.
Berenguer B, Mulliken JB, Enjolras O, Boon LM, Wassef M, Josset P, Burrows PE, Perez-Atayde AR, Kozakewich HP
Pediatr Dev Pathol 2003 Nov-Dec;6(6):495-510. doi: 10.1007/s10024-003-2134-6. PMID: 15018449

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