title: Imaging diagnosis and follow-up of infantile hepatic haemangioendothelioma: a case report.
abstract: A 4-week-old male infant was admitted to the hospital with acute gastrointestinal bleeding and marked coagulopathy secondary to vitamin K malabsorption in the presence of cholestasis. Physical examination revealed hepatomegaly and cutaneous haemangiomas. Ultrasonography, CT, and MRI demonstrated a multifocal vascular process and allowed the diagnosis of infantile hepatic haemangioendothelioma to be made without the use of more invasive diagnostic procedures. To avoid high-output congestive heart failure, the patient was treated with oral corticosteroids. After 5 months, rapid involution of the vascular malformations ensued. At age 2 years, a magnetic resonance scan confirmed complete resolution of the hepatic haemangioendothelioma.
authors.affiliation: Department of Paediatrics, Children's Hospital of Lucrene, Switzerland.
authors.forename: T M
authors.initials: TM
authors.lastname: Berger
authors.forename: M F
authors.initials: MF
authors.lastname: Berger
authors.forename: A D
authors.initials: AD
authors.lastname: Hoffman
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Zimmerman
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Tönz
mesh_terms: D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006390:Hemangioendothelioma / Q000151:congenital* / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000151:congenital* / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed