title: The use of duplex doppler ultrasound in a case of multifocal hepatic hemangioma.
abstract: A one-month-old girl presented with multiple cutaneous hemangiomas, abnormal weight gain, hepatomegaly, and symptoms of bleeding disorder. Abdominal ultrasound and CT revealed a multifocal hypervascular hepatic tumor and signs of vascular overload. Biopsy confirmed the presence of an infantile hepatic hemangioma. Conservative treatment with high dose steroids showed regression of the hepatic lesions and the signs of vascular congestion. Ultrasound was used for follow-up and its role in treatment monitoring is discussed in this manuscript.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, University Hospitals, Leuven, Belgium. luc.breysem@uz.kuleuven.ac.be
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Breysem
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Allewaert
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Claus
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: De Beer
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Van Geet
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Rayyan
authors.forename: M H
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: Smet
mesh_terms: D003287:Contrast Media; D005260:Female; D006391:Hemangioma / Q000151:congenital / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000151:congenital / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D009378:Neoplasms, Multiple Primary / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000151:congenital; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D018616:Ultrasonography, Doppler, Duplex
chemical_list: D003287:Contrast Media