Endangering cutaneous infantile hemangioma treated with vincristine: a case report

October 7th, 2008 by admin

Abstract  Infantile hemangiomas are the most ordinary tumors of childhood. They hit a well-defined self-limiting uncolored history. In
most 10% of patients, the angioma threatens or potentially threatens chronicle or duty during the proliferative phase.
The most ordinary treatments for such endangering hemangiomas are intralesional and/or test steroids. Although steroids are
substantially famous to andante ontogeny and encourage operation in hemangiomas, there haw be no gist on proliferation in up to 30% of patients.
There are individual reports of the ingest of intravenous Oncovin existence successfully utilised for steroid-resistant hemangiomas,
though most of these hit been described as hemangioendotheliomas. The honor of transformation in such cases is somewhat subjective.
We exposit a enduring with a super steroid-resistant cervicofacial immature angioma feat stridor. The ingest of intravenous
Oncovin apace reinforced the clinical land so such that unmediated surgery was avoided, and adrenaline nebulizers
could be obstructed within 1 day of play vincristine. We conceive that this is the prototypal inform of neutral transformation in
the symptom related with an immature angioma as a termination of communication with vincristine.

  • Content Type Journal Article
  • Category Case Report
  • DOI 10.1007/s00238-008-0295-2
  • Authors
    • S. Wharton, Derriford Hospital Department of Plastic Surgery Derriford Road settlement PL6 8DH UK
    • A. Soueid, Frenchay Hospital Department of Plastic Surgery metropolis BS16 1JE UK
    • H. Nishikawa, city Children’s Hospital Department of Plastic Surgery Steelhouse Lane city B4 6NH UK
    • A. V. Sridhar, University Hospitals of metropolis NHS Trust Department of Pediatrics, metropolis Royal Infirmary metropolis LE1 5WW UK

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