Pulmonary thromboembolism from a large hemangioma in a 4-week-old infant.
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.
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Department of Pathology, Victoria General Hospital, British Columbia, Canada.
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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
D003907:Dexamethasone