title: Pulmonary thromboembolism from a large hemangioma in a 4-week-old infant.
abstract: A female infant with an extensive congenital hemangioma of the left knee region was treated medically for consumption coagulopathy; the hemangioma began to shrink, the coagulopathy improved, and the infant was clinically well when she died suddenly at the age of 4 weeks. The cause of death was a saddle pulmonary thromboembolus which had originated in the hemangioma. This is the first documented case of fatal thromboembolism complicating a conservatively managed extensive neonatal hemangioma. Causes of neonatal thromboembolism are reviewed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Victoria General Hospital, British Columbia, Canada.
authors.forename: G A
authors.initials: GA
authors.lastname: Machin
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kent
mesh_terms: D003907:Dexamethasone / Q000627:therapeutic use; D005260:Female; D006392:Hemangioma, Cavernous / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007717:Knee; D011655:Pulmonary Embolism / Q000209:etiology*; D012983:Soft Tissue Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy
chemical_list: D003907:Dexamethasone