RT Journal A1 Yan AC, Treat JR, Liang MG T1 TErminology used to describe vascular anomalies JF Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine JO Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine YR 2010 FD February 1 VO 164 IS 2 SP 203 OP 205 DO 10.1001/archpediatrics.2009.274 UL http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/archpediatrics.2009.274 AB Early literature on vascular birthmarks is complicated by indiscriminate application of terms such as hemangioma to denote heterogeneous vascular anomalies, including those now more specifically identified as capillary malformations (port-wine stains), cutis marmorata telangiectatica congenita, kaposiform hemangioendothelioma, and pyogenic granuloma, to name just a few.