16th INTERNATIONAL
WORKSHOP ON
VASCULAR ANOMALIES
 
 
 
DETAILED PROGRAM - THURSDAY 15TH MORNING
 
 
 
 
 
THURSDAY June 15th 2006
Afternoon Session

 

 
SESSION 4: HEMANGIOMAS PART I
 
President: Ilona Frieden (USA)
Moderators: Hansjorg Kremer (Germany), Laurence Boon (France)
 
14, 30 INTRODUCTION: “The approach to hemangiomas: state of the art”
Odile Enjolras, Paris (France)
 
14,40 Clinical characteristics of infantile hemangiomas in premature infants
M.C. Garzon, B.A. Drolet, I.J. Frieden, and the Hemangioma Investigator Group
New York NY, Milwaukee WI, San Francisco CA, (USA)
 
14,50 Perinatal characteristics of infants with hemangiomas
Drolet B., Swanson E., Frieden I.; Milwaukee, Wisconsin and San Francisco (USA)
 
15,00 Prevalence of hemangiomas and risk factors for their developing
M.J. Hoornwe,g M.D.(presenter), M.J.C. Smeulders, PhD, C.M.A.M. van der Horst, MD PhD., Amsterdam (Nederland)
 
15,10 Infantile Hemangiomas: Growth Characteristics, Clinical Features, and Implications for Referral
Chang L.C., Frieden I.J., and the Hemangioma Investigator Group;  San Francisco (USA)
 
15,20 Infantile Hemangiomas: Which are Treated and How?
Goddard D.S., Nopper A.J., Horii K.A. , Lucky A.W., and the Hemangioma Investigator Group; Boston, Kansas City, Cincinnati (USA)
 
15,30 Abortive hemangiomas: A Unique Morphologic Variant of Infantile Hemangiomas
Makkar H.S., Frieden I.J.,  and the Hemangioma Investigator Group
San Francisco (USA)
 
15,40 Delayed Differentiation of Endothelial Progenitor Cells from Infantile Hemangioma
Khan Z.A., Melero-Martin J.M., Wu X., Paruchuri S., Boscolo E., Mulliken J.B., and Bischoff J.; Boston (USA)
 
15,50 Endothelial Cellular Senescence and p16-Expression in Infantile Hemangioma (IH)
Scherer K., Onodera H., DeAos I., Waner M., Buckmiller L., Nicholas R., Mihm M.C., and North P.E..; New York,  Little Rock, Boston, Milwaukee (USA)
 
16,00 Proliferation and Involution of Haemangioma Involves the Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor Receptor and STAT-3
Vishvanath A., Day D.J., Brasch H., Tan S.T.; Wellington (New Zealand)
 
16,10 Homeobox Gene_Expression in Infantile Hemangiomas: Evidence for Passive Involution
Kuri M., Dosanjh A., Gupta A., Lipshutz G., Frieden I., Boudreau N., Hansen S., Hoffman W.; San Francisco, (USA)
 
16,20 – 16,40     COFFEE BREAK
 
 
SESSION 5: HEMANGIOMAS PART II
 
President: John Mulliken (USA
Moderators: Anthony Penington (Australia), Ernesto Bonifazi (Italy)
 
16,40 Immunohistochemical analysis of proliferative and apototic markers (VEGF/NOS3/P53/Bcl2/Bclx/Bax/Bak/FAS/FASL/CASPASE3) of hemangiomas
Campos H., Soares F.A., Cunha I.W., Curado J. H., Dutra A.K., Domingues M.C., Yoshimatsu E.K.; Sao Paolo (Brazil)
 
16,50 Apoptosis in hemangiomas treated/non-treated wityh steroids and/or alpha-interpheron (Tunel-technique)
Campos H., Soares F.A., Cunha I.W., Curado J. H., Dutra A.K., Domingues M.C., Yoshimatsu, E.K.; Sao Paolo (Brazil)
 
17,00 Establishment of Conditional MT Transgenic Mice Model with Hemangioma
Jia W. Zheng, Yan A. Wang, Zhi Y. Zhang, Qin Xu, Zhu. G. Wang; Shanghai (China)
 
17,10 Facial hemangiomas: functional status and self-esteem of the child
Mepschen M., Verhaak C., Spauwen P. and Rieu P.; Nijmegen (Netherland)
 
17,20 Amblyopia and peri-ocular hemangioma of infancy before and after surgery.
Momtchilova M., Diner P.A., Pelosse B., Vazquez M.P., Enjolras O.; Paris (France)
 
17,30 Reversal of astigmatism with early surgical intervention in eyelid hemangiomas
M. Waner, M.,  Levine, Y., Hall, E., Fay, A., Scherer, K; New York – Boston (USA)
 
17,40 Surgical Treatment of Periocular Hemangiomas. A single centre experience
Dunaway D.J., Geh J.l.C., Geh V.S.Y., Jemec B., Liasis A., Harper J.L., Nischal K.K.; London (UK)
 
17,50 The distribution and clinical characteristics of lip hemangiomas
O, T.M., Tan, M., Waner, M.; New York (USA)
 
18,00 Haemangiomas of the nose: a retrospective study of over 50 cases
E. Molenaar, A. Ghattaura, S. Syed, J. Harper, D. Dunnaway, L. Kangesu; London (UK)
 
18,10 Early surgery in infantile hemangiomas of the lip
Diner P.A., Dalmonte P., Bava G.L., Vercellino N; Genova (Italy), Paris (France).
 
18,20 The importance of colour coded duplex sonography (CCDS) in the assessment of haemangioma in childhood regarding indication for laser therapy
Urban .P, Poetke M., Philipp C.M., Müller U., Berlien H.P..; Berlin (Germany)
 
18,30 Clinical and microbiological review of ulcerated haemangiomas
Syed S., Linward J., Kennedy H., Glover M., Harper J.;  London (UK)
 
END OF THE SESSION
 
 
 
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