title: Management of a large bronchial haemangioma in an infant.
abstract: Haemangiomas are the most common soft tissue tumor of infancy. Despite the benign and trivial nature of most cutaneous haemangiomas, airway haemangiomas are rare but potentially life threatening. We report the case of a 9-week-old infant with a left main stem bronchial haemangioma. This was successfully treated with the oral corticosteroids. We discuss the current available treatments for haemangiomas and highlight that treatment should be specific to each individual case.
authors.affiliation: Department of Paediatric Otorhinolaryngology, Our Ladys' Hospital for Sick Children, Crumlin, Dublin 12, Ireland. karwatters@hotmail.com
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Watters
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: O'Marcaigh
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Canny
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Russell
mesh_terms: D000402:Airway Obstruction / Q000628:therapy*; D000893:Anti-Inflammatory Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D001984:Bronchial Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy*; D001999:Bronchoscopy; D005260:Female; D006391:Hemangioma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D011239:Prednisolone / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
chemical_list: D000893:Anti-Inflammatory Agents; D011239:Prednisolone