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Interventional Treatment of a Symptomatic Neonatal Hepatic Cavernous Hemangioma Using the Amplatzer Vascular Plug

Kretschmar, Oliver ; Knirsch, Walter ; Bernet, Vera

In: CardioVascular and Interventional Radiology, 2008, vol. 31, no. 2, p. 411-414

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    Titel
    • Interventional Treatment of a Symptomatic Neonatal Hepatic Cavernous Hemangioma Using the Amplatzer Vascular Plug
    Autor
    • Kretschmar, Oliver. Division of Pediatric Cardiology, University Children's Hospital Zurich, Steinwiesstrasse 75, 8032, Zurich, Switzerland
    • Knirsch, Walter. Division of Pediatric Cardiology, University Children's Hospital Zurich, Steinwiesstrasse 75, 8032, Zurich, Switzerland
    • Bernet, Vera. Division of Neonatology and Pediatric Intensive Care, University Children's Hospital Zurich, Steinwiesstrasse 75, 8032, Zurich, Switzerland
    Dokumententyp
    • Postprint
    Sprache
    • Englisch
    Veröffentlicht in
    • CardioVascular and Interventional Radiology, 2008, vol. 31, no. 2, p. 411-414. Springer-Verlag
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    OAI-PMH-ID
    • oai:doc.rero.ch:315004
    Summary
    Percutaneous intervention is one treatment option for symptomatic hepatic hemangioma in infants. We report the case of a newborn (birth weight 4060 g) with a large hepatic cavernous hemangioma, which presented early with high cardiac output failure due to arteriovenous shunting and signs of incipient Kasabach-Merritt syndrome. We performed a successful superselective transcatheter coil embolization of three feeding arteries on the seventh day of life. Because of remaining diffuse very small arteries causing a relevant residual shunt, additional occlusion of the three main draining veins was necessary with three Amplatzer vascular plugs. Cardiac failure resolved immediately. Without any additional therapy the large venous cavities disappeared within the following months. The tumor continues to regress in size 8 months after the intervention