title: Diffuse neonatal haemangiomatosis.
abstract: A newborn girl with severe diffuse neonatal haemangiomatosis is described. She was treated with high dose systemic corticosteroids and high dose interferon-alpha-2a, but with fatal outcome. A review of the current literature is presented.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neonatology, University of Alberta Hospital, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Ho
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Krol
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Bhargava
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Osiovich
mesh_terms: D000305:Adrenal Cortex Hormones / Q000008:administration & dosage; D020787:Central Nervous System Venous Angioma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy; D004359:Drug Therapy, Combination; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D006258:Head and Neck Neoplasms / Q000151:congenital / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy; D006391:Hemangioma / Q000151:congenital / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D000077190:Interferon alpha-2; D016898:Interferon-alpha / Q000008:administration & dosage; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000151:congenital / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D009378:Neoplasms, Multiple Primary / Q000151:congenital / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000151:congenital / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy
chemical_list: D000305:Adrenal Cortex Hormones; D000077190:Interferon alpha-2; D016898:Interferon-alpha; D011994:Recombinant Proteins