Children's Hospital Boston

Urine test may help monitor disfiguring birthmarks

Published in Drug Law Weekly, July 26th, 2005

Vascular anomalies - birthmarks caused by abnormal development of arteries, capillaries, veins or lymph vessels - can sometimes begin to progress, requiring aggressive treatment to save the child's health or vision.

Research at Children's Hospital Boston now suggests that urine testing can help monitor these anomalies and predict those about to become a serious threat.

The findings, published in the July 2005 Pediatrics, also raise the possibility of new drug treatments for aggressive cases, particularly for hard-to-treat vascular malformations.

Vascular anomalies include both vascular malformations and vascular tumors...

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Source: Drug Law Weekly (2005-07-26)

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