title: Infantile hemangioendothelioma.
abstract: Primary hepatic tumors are uncommon in children and account for only three per cent of the tumors in children. Infantile hemangioendothelioma is a rare benign hepatic tumor arising from mesenchymal tissue. Most of the cases present before six months. An unusual presentation and progression of infantile hemangioendothelioma is reported in a 19-month-old female child. The diagnosis was arrived at by radiological and histopathological examination. The patient underwent excision surgery, following which made an uneventful recovery. On follow-up at six months, patient was asymptomatic with no evidence of recurrence.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, Seth G.S. Medical College & K.E.M. Hospital, Parel, Mumbai-400 012, Maharashtra, India. rameshparmar@yaloo.com
authors.forename: R C
authors.initials: RC
authors.lastname: Parmar
authors.forename: S B
authors.initials: SB
authors.lastname: Bavdekar
authors.forename: S S
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Borwankar
authors.forename: M N
authors.initials: MN
authors.lastname: Muranjan
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Shenoy
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006390:Hemangioendothelioma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D011859:Radiography