Five Cases of Neonatal Hepatic Hemangioendothelioma.
- Author:
Hyang KIM
1
;
Mi Jeong KIM
;
Sun Hee KIM
;
Woong YOON
;
Tae Woong CHUNG
;
Young Youn CHOI
Author Information
1. Department of Pediatrics, Chonnam University Medical School, Gwang-Ju, Korea. yychoi@chonnam.ac.kr
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Hemangioendothelioma;
Heart failure;
Embolization;
Spontaneous involution
- MeSH:
Arteries;
Heart Failure;
Hemangioendothelioma*;
Hepatic Artery;
Rupture
- From:Journal of the Korean Society of Neonatology
2005;12(2):185-193
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Neonatal Hemangioendothelioma (HE) is the most common type of hepatic vascular tumor that presents in infancy. HE generally undergo spontaneous regression within a year, but it may become symptomatic and be associated with life-threatening complications including congestive heart failure, consumptive coagulopathy and hepatic rupture. We report five cases of neonatal hepatic HE with brief review of the literatures. The report include a case of HE associated with AV malformation complicated by congestive heart failure who was successfully treated by hepatic artery embolization, a case of HE associated with transposition of great artery (TGA), and three cases of asymptomatic HE with spontaneous involution.
