A very aggressive form of facial hemangioma.
A 3-month-old girl had a massive, particularly aggressive mixed hemangioma involving the right hemiface, with severe ulcerations of the ear lobe and nasal septum. She also showed cerebral anomalies consisting of cerebellar vermis agenesis and cerebellar right atrophy. Despite treatment with corticosteroids, the child died at age 4 months.
Rizzo
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Pediatric Clinic, University of Catania, Italy.
Micali
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Incorpora
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G
Parano
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Pavone
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D002531:Cerebellum / Q000002:abnormalities; D005153:Facial Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D005260:Female; D006391:Hemangioma / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed