title: Treatment of vaginal bleeding from a pelvic vascular malformation with desmopressin.
abstract: We report the case of a 2-year-old female child with a pelvic vascular malformation complicated by chronic low-grade bleeding. Treatment with intranasal desmopressin significantly reduced vaginal bleeding. Therefore, we suggest that intermittent use of intranasal desmopressin may be useful in the treatment of chronically bleeding low-flow vascular malformations.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatric Dermatology, Children's Memorial Hospital, Chicago, IL 60614, USA.
authors.forename: Jennifer T
authors.initials: JT
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.forename: Marion A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Koerper
authors.forename: Ilona J
authors.initials: IJ
authors.lastname: Frieden
authors.forename: Sarah L
authors.initials: SL
authors.lastname: Chamlin
mesh_terms: D000281:Administration, Intranasal; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003894:Deamino Arginine Vasopressin / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D005260:Female; D006470:Hemorrhage / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000473:pathology; D006490:Hemostatics / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D006801:Humans; D010388:Pelvis / Q000002:abnormalities / Q000098:blood supply / Q000473:pathology; D014623:Vaginal Diseases / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000473:pathology; D014652:Vascular Diseases / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000473:pathology
chemical_list: D006490:Hemostatics; D003894:Deamino Arginine Vasopressin