Hemorrhagic complications in a rapidly growing, congenital hemangiopericytoma.
A 3-week-old infant had a massive hemangioma-like vascular neoplasm that had enlarged rapidly since being noted at birth. Less than a day after this initial evaluation the tumor underwent spontaneous ulceration and the infant had a near-fatal hemorrhage. Histologically, the tumor was a spindle cell neoplasm most consistent with the diagnosis of congenital hemangiopericytoma. Local excision appears to have been curative after almost two years of follow-up. The case is instructive in pointing out the importance of considering nonhemangioma vascular neoplasms in the evaluation of newborns with vascular tumors.
Resnick
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School of Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 27514.
Lacey
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Jones
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D005260:Female; D006393:Hemangiopericytoma / Q000150:complications* / Q000151:congenital* / Q000473:pathology; D006470:Hemorrhage / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000151:congenital* / Q000473:pathology; D012883:Skin Ulcer / Q000209:etiology