title: Life-threatening hemorrhage from a congenital hemangioma caused by birth trauma.
abstract: Pediatric surgeons frequently diagnose and treat vascular malformations. We present the case of a boy born with a large congenital hemangioma of the flank that ruptured during birth, resulting in life-threatening hemorrhage, requiring emergent excision. Prenatal diagnosis may help to identify such lesions, and pediatric surgeons must be ready to treat emergent complications of vascular malformations.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Division of Pediatric Surgery, Women and Children's Hospital of Buffalo, State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY 14222, USA.
authors.forename: Meghan
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Nolan
authors.forename: Charles W
authors.initials: CW
authors.lastname: Hartin
authors.forename: Joelle
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Pierre
authors.forename: Doruk E
authors.initials: DE
authors.lastname: Ozgediz
mesh_terms: D001720:Birth Injuries / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery; D006391:Hemangioma / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D006470:Hemorrhage / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D012983:Soft Tissue Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D013909:Thorax