title: Successful embolization and long-term follow-up of a rare neonatal diaphragmatic hemangioma.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Congenital hemangioma of the diaphragm is an extremely rare disease in childhood.
  
  
  METHODS
  We report a newborn presenting with progressive respiratory distress and massive right hydrothorax due to congenital diaphragmatic hemangioma, requiring sustained ventilation support and chest drainage. The angiography revealed that the giant diaphragmatic hemangioma was supplied by the right internal thoracic, inferior diaphragmatic, and intercostal arteries. The selective embolization of the main feeding vessels was successfully achieved using the Embosphere particulates.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The clinical long-term follow-up demonstrated the resolution of the symptoms, pleural effusion, and nearly complete regression of the hemangioma at 18 months of age.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Transcatheter embolization can provide an efficient therapy for symptomatic diaphramatic hemangioma.
authors.affiliation: Catheterization Laboratory, Children's Hospital of Fudan University, Shanghai, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Lin
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.affiliation: Department of Prenatal Diagnosis Center and Department of Neonatology, Gynecology and Obstetrics Hospital of Fudan University, Shanghai, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Ji Mei
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Children's Hospital of Fudan University, Shanghai, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Zhong Wei
authors.initials: ZW
authors.lastname: Qiao
authors.affiliation: Ultrasound Laboratory, Gynecology and Obstetrics Hospital of Fudan University, Shanghai, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Ying Liu
authors.initials: YL
authors.lastname: Yan
authors.affiliation: Department of Neonatology, Children's Hospital of Fudan University, Shanghai, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Lai Shuan
authors.initials: LS
authors.lastname: Wang
keywords: Hemangioma; diaphragm; embolization; follow-up; newborn