Giant intracranial hemangioma in a neonate.
In this report we detail the case of an infant presenting with a giant intracranial congenital hemangioma and describe the clinical features and surgical management. Congenital hemangiomas are benign vascular tumors that typically present as skin lesions in neonates and infants. On rare occasions they present as intracranial tumors. The possibility that these tumors may undergo spontaneous regression poses a treatment dilemma.
Department of Neurosurgery, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Box 167, Cambridge, CB2 0QQ, UK, ij232@cam.ac.uk.
Ibrahim
I
Jalloh
Andrew F
AF
Dean
Dominic G
DG
O'Donovan
Justin
J
Cross
Matthew R
MR
Garnett
Thomas
T
Santarius
D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000151:congenital / Q000473:pathology*; D018324:Hemangioma, Capillary / Q000151:congenital / Q000473:pathology*; D020786:Hemangioma, Cavernous, Central Nervous System / Q000151:congenital / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male