[Infantile haemangioma and intracranial vascular malformation].
A two-week-old female infant presented with a large haemangioma in the left superior palpebra, preventing her from opening the eye. Cerebral magnetic resonance imaging with angiography revealed another two facial haemangiomas and agenesia of the left internal carotid artery. The combination of facial haemangiomas and intracranial vascular malformation is diagnostic for the PHACES syndrome. When given oral prednisolone, the haemangioma regressed, allowing her to open the eye. She was treated for 29 weeks with slow tapering. Growth stagnation occurred during treatment, but otherwise her development was normal.
Ommen
Lise Beier
LB
Narvik Sykehus, Kirurgisk Afdeling, Narvik. lisebeierommen@gmail.com
Helgestad
Jon
J
Gammelgaard
Lise
L
D000015:Abnormalities, Multiple / Q000175:diagnosis*; D018931:Antineoplastic Agents, Hormonal / Q000008:administration & dosage; D002343:Carotid Artery, Internal / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D005142:Eyelid Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy; D005153:Facial Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy; D005260:Female; D006391:Hemangioma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D018810:Magnetic Resonance Angiography; D009918:Orbital Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy; D011239:Prednisolone / Q000008:administration & dosage; D011859:Radiography; D013577:Syndrome
D018931:Antineoplastic Agents, Hormonal; D011239:Prednisolone