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hepatic infantile hemangioendothelioma

Subtypes

- hepatic infantile hemangioma (GLUT1+)
- type 2 infantile hepatic hemangioendothelioma

Synopsis

- 88% presented before age 3 months
- 44% of antenatal diagnosis
- asymptomatic hepatomegaly (13%)
- high-output cardiac failure (69%)
- consumptive coagulopathy (75%)
- anemia (75%)

Associations

- heterotopic intrathoracic liver associated with diaphragmatic hernia (#3596593#)
- mesenchymal hamartoma (#15018455#)
- Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome (#1570237#)
- cutaneous hemangiomas (63%)
- disseminated hemangiomatosis (13%)

Forms

- fetal tumor (44%)

Complications

- high-output cardiac failure (69%)
- consumptive coagulopathy (75%)
- anemia (75%)

References

- Drut R, Drut RM. Expression of p57KIP2 in infantile hemangioma. J Mol Histol. 2005 Mar;36(3):195-7. PMID: #15900410#

- Cerar A, Dolenc-Strazar ZD, Bartenjev D. Infantile hemangioendothelioma of the liver in a neonate. Immunohistochemical observations. Am J Surg Pathol. 1996 Jul;20(7):871-6. PMID: #8669536#

- Samuel M, Spitz L. Infantile hepatic hemangioendothelioma: the role of surgery. J Pediatr Surg. 1995 Oct;30(10):1425-9. PMID: #8786479#

- Drut R, Drut RM, Toulouse JC. Hepatic hemangioendotheliomas, placental chorioangiomas, and dysmorphic kidneys in Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome. Pediatr Pathol. 1992 Mar-Apr;12(2):197-203. PMID: #1570237#