Weibel L 2011 Vascular anomalies are divided in two major categories: tumours (such as infantile hemangiomas) and malformations. Hemangiomas are common benign neoplasms that undergo a proliferative phase followed by stabilization and eventual spontaneous involution, whereas vascular malformations are rare structural anomalies representing morphogenetic errors of developing blood vessels and lymphatics. It is important to properly diagnose vascular anomalies early in childhood because of their distinct differences in morbidity, prognosis and need for a multidisciplinary management. We discuss a number of characteristic clinical features as clues for early diagnosis and identification of associated syndromes. https://sonar.ch/global/documents/50682 eng info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/10.1024/0301-1526/a000146 info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/pmid/22090176 VASA. Zeitschrift fur Gefasskrankheiten. - 2011 Adolescent Child Child, Preschool Diagnosis, Differential Female Granuloma, Pyogenic Hemangioendothelioma Hemangioma Humans Infant Infant, Newborn Kasabach-Merritt Syndrome Klippel-Trenaunay-Weber Syndrome Male Port-Wine Stain Sarcoma, Kaposi Skin Neoplasms Soft Tissue Neoplasms Vascular Malformations Vascular anomalies in children. http://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501