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Neonatal Abdominal Hemangiomatosis: Propranolol beyond Infantile Hemangioma
Joint Authors
Hon, Kam-Lun Ellis
Nip, Siu Ying Angel
Leung, Wing Kwan Alex
Choi, Paul C. L.
Leung, Alexander K. C.
Source
Issue
Vol. 2016, Issue 2016 (31 Dec. 2016), pp.1-4, 4 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2016-03-27
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
4
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Hemangioma is the most common vascular tumor of infancy; presentation is often as cutaneous infantile hemangioma (IH).
Cutaneous hemangioma is a clinical diagnosis.
Most IHs follow a benign course, with complete involution without treatment in the majority of cases.
Visceral hemangioma often involves the liver and manifests as a life-threatening disorder.
Hepatic hemangiomas may be associated with high output cardiac failure, coagulopathy, and hepatomegaly which generally develop between 1 and 16 weeks of age.
Mortality has been reportedly high without treatment.
We report a rare case of a male infant with neonatal hemangiomatosis with diffuse peritoneal involvement, which mimicked a malignant-looking tumor on imaging, and discuss therapeutic options and efficacy.
Propranolol is efficacious for IH but generally not useful for other forms of vascular hemangiomas, tumors, and malformations.
In our case of neonatal peritoneal hemangiomatosis, propranolol appears to have halted the growth and possibly expedite the involution of the hemangiomatosis without other treatments.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Nip, Siu Ying Angel& Hon, Kam-Lun Ellis& Leung, Wing Kwan Alex & Leung, Alexander K. C.& Choi, Paul C. L.. 2016. Neonatal Abdominal Hemangiomatosis: Propranolol beyond Infantile Hemangioma. Case Reports in Pediatrics،Vol. 2016, no. 2016, pp.1-4.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1102472
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Nip, Siu Ying Angel…[et al.]. Neonatal Abdominal Hemangiomatosis: Propranolol beyond Infantile Hemangioma. Case Reports in Pediatrics No. 2016 (2016), pp.1-4.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1102472
American Medical Association (AMA)
Nip, Siu Ying Angel& Hon, Kam-Lun Ellis& Leung, Wing Kwan Alex & Leung, Alexander K. C.& Choi, Paul C. L.. Neonatal Abdominal Hemangiomatosis: Propranolol beyond Infantile Hemangioma. Case Reports in Pediatrics. 2016. Vol. 2016, no. 2016, pp.1-4.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1102472
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-1102472