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[Spontaneous regression of a giant facial hemangioma].
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Archives de pediatrie : organe officiel de la Societe francaise de pediatrie [Arch Pediatr] 2011 Aug; Vol. 18 (8), pp. 881-4. Date of Electronic Publication: 2011 Jun 30. - Publication Year :
- 2011
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Abstract
- Infantile cutaneous hemangioma is a benign vascular tumor and is very frequent in infants. The evolution is mostly favorable with spontaneous regression in 80% of cases. Clinical diagnosis is easy in its triphasic typical form with a phase of sometimes brutal postnatal growth, a phase of stabilization and a phase of slow secondary regression. We report a case of a giant facial hemangioma diagnosed at birth in full-term female newborn getting the right peri-orbital and fronto-temporal region. Initial evolution was marked by a fast increase of the tumor justifying its stake under prednisone at the age of 3 months but without improvement. At the age of 6 months, the patient was hospitalized for infection of the hemangioma with favorable evolution under oxacilline. Following evolution was marked by the total regression of the hemangioma at the age of 5 years at the price of peri-orbital cutaneous scars. We discuss here the diagnostic, therapeutic and evolutionary aspects of this pathology and review of the literature.<br /> (Copyright © 2011 Elsevier Masson SAS. All rights reserved.)
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- Language :
- French
- ISSN :
- 1769-664X
- Volume :
- 18
- Issue :
- 8
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Archives de pediatrie : organe officiel de la Societe francaise de pediatrie
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 21723103
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.arcped.2011.05.020