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Choi HY, Lee KM, Kim EJ, Choi WS. Diffuse infiltrative laryngoesophageal and peritoneal venous malformations mimicking carcinomatosis with a subclavian vein aneurysm. Clin Imaging 2015; 39:1099-102. [PMID: 26324217 DOI: 10.1016/j.clinimag.2015.07.034] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/23/2015] [Revised: 07/16/2015] [Accepted: 07/30/2015] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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Venous malformations are benign vascular lesions that can occur in any part of the body. Esophageal venous malformations can extend into the peritoneum, so preoperative imaging can be decisive in diagnosis and treatment. The characteristic manifestations of venous malformations are transmural phleboliths, centripetal enhancement on dynamic CT, and bluish mucosa on endoscopy. We report a rare case of female patient diagnosed with venous malformations involving laryngoesophagus, mediastinum, and peritoneum, which mimicked carcinomatosis, in addition to a left subclavian vein aneurysm.
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- Hee Young Choi
- Department of Radiology, Kyung Hee University College of Medicine, Kyung Hee University Hospital, #26 Kyunghee-daero, Dongdaemun-gu, Seoul, 130-701, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Radiology, Kyung Hee University College of Medicine, Kyung Hee University Hospital, #26 Kyunghee-daero, Dongdaemun-gu, Seoul, 130-701, Republic of Korea.
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- Department of Radiology, Kyung Hee University College of Medicine, Kyung Hee University Hospital, #26 Kyunghee-daero, Dongdaemun-gu, Seoul, 130-701, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Radiology, Kyung Hee University College of Medicine, Kyung Hee University Hospital, #26 Kyunghee-daero, Dongdaemun-gu, Seoul, 130-701, Republic of Korea
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Ni N, Wagner RS, Langer P, Guo S. New developments in the management of periocular capillary hemangioma in children. J Pediatr Ophthalmol Strabismus 2011; 48:269-76; quiz 268, 277. [PMID: 20964274 DOI: 10.3928/01913913-20101018-02] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/21/2010] [Accepted: 08/16/2010] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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The authors describe the theories of pathogenesis for capillary hemangioma and discuss the benefits and side effects of current treatment options, such as systemic and intralesional corticosteroids, laser therapy, and surgical excision. They also evaluate the recent systemic and topical applications of beta-blockers to treat infantile hemangioma. Although no major adverse events from beta-blocker treatment have been reported, the incidence of potential side effects such as bronchospasm, hypoglycemia, heart block, bradycardia, and congestive heart failure is unknown due to the novelty of the treatment. It has been postulated that topical application for localized superficial tumor may reduce systemic effects. Further research is necessary to compare the effectiveness of different treatments and to find the optimal dosing and delivery methods to minimize adverse effects in the treatment of this disorder.
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- Nina Ni
- Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
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Aortic coarctation in the presence of capillary hemangioma. Ann Vasc Surg 2011; 25:1143.e7-9. [PMID: 21764546 DOI: 10.1016/j.avsg.2011.05.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/11/2010] [Revised: 02/13/2011] [Accepted: 05/24/2011] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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We report posterior mediastinal hemangioma in a 14-year-old girl patient with an extensive hemangioma encompassing the thoracic aorta, associated with complex coarctation. The masses were identified by contrast-enhanced computed tomography. An extra-anatomical bypass was made by grafting from the ascending to the distal descending aorta. Histological evaluation of the surgical specimens established the final diagnosis. Presence of mediastinal hemangiomas should be regarded as an important differential diagnosis of coarctation of aorta, although these are very rare tumors.
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Bukowinski AT, Ryan MAK, Slymen DJ, Sevick CJ, Alcaraz JE, Smith TC. Haemangiomas and associated congenital malformations in a large population-based sample of infants. Paediatr Perinat Epidemiol 2008; 22:520-9. [PMID: 19000289 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3016.2008.00957.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Haemangiomas are common, benign, vascular tumours, observed in 4-12% of infants during the first year of life. Most cases progress without complication, yet a small proportion experience life-threatening complications. Concomitant congenital malformations have been reported in a small but significant proportion of haemangioma patients. This study aimed to describe haemangioma cases and to identify patterns of congenital malformations associated with these diagnoses in a large population. Diagnoses of haemangiomas and 21 congenital malformations were extracted from electronic medical records of 467 295 singleton infants born to US military families from 1998 to 2003. Cluster analysis was used to group cases according to these diagnoses. Multivariable logistic regression was used to further explore the associations of the 21 congenital malformations with the diagnosis of haemangioma and to assess the adjusted relationships between a number of characteristics of interest and diagnosis of haemangioma. Clusters found to be associated with haemangioma were characterised by anomalies of the cervix, vagina, and external female genitalia, anophthalmia or microphthalmia, hydrocephalus without spina bifida, and reduction deformities of the brain. Logistic regression identified three congenital malformations significantly associated with haemangioma diagnosis: spina bifida without anencephalus, hydrocephalus without spina bifida, and anomalies of the cervix, vagina and external female genitalia. Characteristics significantly associated with haemangioma included female gender, preterm birth, white non-Hispanic race/ethnicity and increasing maternal age. This exploratory study identified a number of important associations between haemangiomas and congenital malformations that may provide insight into the pathogenesis of these disorders and have possible implications for clinical care.
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- Anna T Bukowinski
- Department of Defense Center for Deployment Health Research, Naval Health Research Center, San Diego, CA 92106-3521, USA.
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Mediastinal hemangioma and accompanying aortic arch anomaly. Pediatr Cardiol 2008; 29:867-9. [PMID: 18183452 DOI: 10.1007/s00246-007-9192-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/05/2007] [Revised: 12/06/2007] [Accepted: 12/08/2007] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Hemangioma is a rare tumor of the mediastinum. There are a very small number of patients identified with a combination of mediastinal hemangioma and aortic arch anomaly in the medical literature review. Here we present a fatal case of a 2-month-old female infant having mediastinal hemangioma compressing the trachea accompanied by a right-sided aortic arch with an aberrant left subclavian artery.
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Metry DW, Siegel DH, Cordisco MR, Pope E, Prendiville J, Drolet BA, Horii KA, Stein SL, Frieden IJ. A comparison of disease severity among affected male versus female patients with PHACE syndrome. J Am Acad Dermatol 2008; 58:81-7. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jaad.2007.09.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/26/2007] [Revised: 08/26/2007] [Accepted: 09/12/2007] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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The acronym PHACES is used to describe the association of posterior fossa malformations, hemangiomas, arterial anomalies (cardiovascular or cerebrovascular), coarctation of the aorta and cardiac defects, eye abnormalities, and sternal or ventral defects. We report a female patient with an uncommon variant of this neurocutaneous disorder who manifested a sternal cleft; supraumbilical raphe; hemangiomas of the face, chest, and extremities; micrognathia and cerebrovascular anomalies. A literature review of PHACES patients with both sternal cleft and supraumbilical raphe showed a marked female predilection. Taken together with cases of sternal cleft, supraumbilical raphe and facial hemangiomas tabulated by Gorlin et al. (1994), 91% (40/44) of patients are female. One affected male died shortly after birth. We hypothesized that the gender bias in PHACES results from mutation in an X-linked dominant gene often lethal in males, and performed X-inactivation analysis of the polymorphic androgen receptor locus in this family. We documented consistently skewed X-inactivation (80%/20% in two independent analyses) in the unaffected mother and consistently random X-inactivation (47:53 and 61:39 in independent analyses) in the proband. These findings are consistent with favorably skewed X-inactivation producing a normal maternal phenotype, a phenomenon documented in X-linked dominant Rett syndrome.
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- J H Levin
- Unit on Pediatric Genetics, Laboratory of Clinical Genomics, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, 10 Center Drive, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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Baccin CE, Krings T, Alvarez H, Ozanne A, Lasjaunias PL. A report of two cases with dolichosegmental intracranial arteries as a new feature of PHACES syndrome. Childs Nerv Syst 2007; 23:559-67. [PMID: 17053935 DOI: 10.1007/s00381-006-0247-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/30/2006] [Revised: 06/14/2006] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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BACKGROUND We describe two previously unreported cases with complete or incomplete expression of PHACES syndrome, a rare congenital syndromal pediatric disorder, which is characterized by posterior cranial fossa malformations, large facial hemangiomas, arterial anomalies, coarctation of the aorta and cardiac defects, abnormalities of the eye, sternal and supraabdominal raphe defects. CASE REPORTS These two children exhibited a feature not reviewed extensively in the literature, namely, segmental elongation and dilatation of intracranial arteries associated with intracranial occlusive arterial disease, predominantly on the anterior division of the internal carotid artery (ICA) and on the P2 segment of the posterior cerebral artery. This dolichoectasia was found at the distal cervical internal carotid artery, the intradural segment of the ICA before the division, the trigeminal artery, and the posterior division of the ICA. We presume that the different forms of arterial involvement in PHACES syndrome (arterial stenoses, segmental agenesis of vessels, and the dolichoectasia described in this study) constitute a spectrum of angiogenetic dysfunctions related to an embryonic event involving several cephalic neural crest segments of the dorsal aorta.
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- Carlos E Baccin
- Service de Neuroradiologie Diagnostique et Thérapeutique, Hôpital de Bicetre, 78 rue du General-Leclerc, 94275, Le Kremlin Bicêtre, France
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Mazereeuw-Hautier J, Syed S, Harper JI. Sternal malformation/vascular dysplasia syndrome with linear hypopigmentation. Br J Dermatol 2006; 155:192-4. [PMID: 16792773 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2133.2006.07202.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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We report a 7-year-old boy who presented with a facial haemangioma, a circumscribed depression over the sternum, coarctation of the aorta, ventricular septal defect and dysplastic cerebral arteries responsible for an episode of acute infarct. This combination of clinical features has been described as the sternal malformation/vascular dysplasia syndrome or PHACES syndrome. At the age of 5 years, lines of hypopigmentation were noted on the right arm, the right hand and the back, along the lines of Blaschko, with no history of any preceding inflammatory changes, and have persisted unchanged. These pigmentary changes have not previously been reported in association with this syndrome.
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- J Mazereeuw-Hautier
- Department of Dermatology, Great Ormond Street Hospital, London WC1N 3JH, UK.
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Bauland CG, van Steensel MAM, Steijlen PM, Rieu PNMA, Spauwen PHM. The pathogenesis of hemangiomas: a review. Plast Reconstr Surg 2006; 117:29e-35e. [PMID: 16462311 DOI: 10.1097/01.prs.0000197134.72984.cb] [Citation(s) in RCA: 75] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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LEARNING OBJECTIVES After reading this article, the participant should be able to: 1. Differentiate between hemangiomas and vascular malformations. 2. Describe arguments for the trophoblast origin of hemangiomas. 3. Give arguments for the angioblast theory for the origin of hemangiomas. 4. Identify key genes involved in the origin of hemangiomas. BACKGROUND Hemangiomas of infancy are common endothelial tumors. They differ from vascular malformations in their tissue architecture and biological properties. To date, there is no universally accepted theory that explains the pathogenesis and pathophysiology of hemangiomas. METHODS Theories from the medical literature from 1981 to 2004 were gathered, categorized, and reviewed. RESULTS Current research is mostly on the cellular and genetic levels. The most authoritative theories focus on angioblast origins, trophoblast origins, mutations in cytokine regulatory pathways, and field defects as the cause of the deranged angiogenesis of hemangiomas. CONCLUSIONS To date, no single theory can easily explain all the characteristics of hemangiomas, such as predilection for the female sex, usual occurrence after birth, spontaneous involution, abnormal tissue architecture, and distribution within a developmental field. Hemangiomas are probably the final common expression of several pathophysiological mechanisms taking effect alone or in combination.
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- Constantijn G Bauland
- Department of Plastic Surgery, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
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Sabharwal GK, Strouse PJ. Posterior mediastinal hemangioma. Pediatr Radiol 2005; 35:1263-6. [PMID: 16163502 DOI: 10.1007/s00247-005-1571-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/30/2005] [Revised: 07/16/2005] [Accepted: 07/21/2005] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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We report posterior mediastinal hemangiomas in a 4-month-old and a 6-month-old girl. The masses were identified on radiographs of the chest followed by contrast-enhanced CT. Histological evaluation of the surgical specimens established the final diagnosis. Although mediastinal hemangiomas have been described, they remain a rare entity. A diagnosis can be suggested by relatively high attenuating masses on contrast-enhanced CT. Posterior mediastinal hemangiomas sometimes mimic neuroblastomas, which is the most common posterior mediastinal in this age group.
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- Gauravi K Sabharwal
- Section of Pediatric Radiology, C.S. Mott Children's Hospital, University of Michigan Health System, 1500 East Medical Center Drive, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-0252, USA.
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Chan YC, Eichenfield LF, Malchiodi J, Friedlander SF. Small facial haemangioma and supraumbilical raphe-a forme fruste of PHACES syndrome? Br J Dermatol 2005; 153:1053-7. [PMID: 16225625 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2133.2005.06886.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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We report two female infants with congenital midline supraumbilical raphes who subsequently developed haemangiomas on the lower lip and gingiva within the first 2 months of life. One was found to have a subglottic haemangioma during laryngoscopy. The infants were otherwise well and had normal chest X-ray, echocardiogram, cranial ultrasound, magnetic resonance imaging/angiography (head, neck, chest) and ophthalmological examination. Both received oral prednisolone 1-2 mg kg(-1) daily and four sessions of flashlamp pulsed-dye laser therapy to the lip lesions, with significant improvement. The initial presentation of these two infants with supraumbilical raphes, who were otherwise healthy and without other cutaneous stigmata, suggested the diagnosis of isolated congenital sternal malformation. However, lower lip and gingival haemangiomas developed 4-6 weeks later, consistent with the diagnosis of PHACES syndrome. Children with sternal malformation and haemangioma may also have intracranial and/or cardiovascular anomalies. All previously reported patients were females who had either craniofacial and/or multiple haemangiomas. We propose guidelines for the evaluation and management of a neonate presenting with a sternal fusion defect at birth.
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- Y-C Chan
- National Skin Centre, 1 Mandalay Road, Singapore 308205.
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A unique case of PHACES syndrome confirming the assumption that PHACES syndrome and the sternal malformation???vascular dysplasia association are part of the same spectrum of malformations. Clin Dysmorphol 2005. [DOI: 10.1097/00019605-200510000-00007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Forzano F, Daubeney PEF, White SM. Midline raphé, sternal cleft, and other midline abnormalities: a new dominant syndrome? Am J Med Genet A 2005; 135:9-12. [PMID: 15810010 DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.a.30682] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Sternal fusion defects are malformations that often present as an isolated finding. An association with multiple malformations has been reported, in particular with midline raphe and craniofacial hemangiomas and as part of the pentalogy of Cantrell. Most syndromic cases were sporadic with a few families reported with recurrence in sibs. We describe a mother and two daughters with midline raphe and sternal defects. Affected members also had double central incisors, congenital heart defect, neck webbing, bicornuate uterus and minor anomalies including long face with hypotelorism. None of the three affected relatives had hemangiomas. The manifestations of these patients do not fit any previously described condition, and we propose they represent a new syndrome. This family is also important as it points to a possible genetic cause for at least some cases of this disorder of the ventral midline.
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- Francesca Forzano
- Clinical Genetics Unit, Great Ormond Street Hospital, London, United Kingdom
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Bronzetti G, Giardini A, Patrizi A, Prandstraller D, Donti A, Formigari R, Bonvicini M, Picchio FM. Ipsilateral hemangioma and aortic arch anomalies in posterior fossa malformations, hemangiomas, arterial anomalies, coarctation of the aorta, and cardiac defects and eye abnormalities (PHACE) anomaly: report and review. Pediatrics 2004; 113:412-5. [PMID: 14754961 DOI: 10.1542/peds.113.2.412] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Posterior fossa malformations, hemangiomas, arterial anomalies, coarctation of the aorta, and cardiac defects and eye abnormalities (PHACE) is a rare congenital anomaly with a broad spectrum of clinical manifestations with a striking female predominance. We describe an infant with PHACE anomaly and aortic coarctation who underwent cardiac catheterization to clearly define the complex anatomy of the aortic lesion before surgical repair. Review of the literature documents a highly significant association between ipsilateral hemangiomas and cerebrovascular and aortic arch anomalies. We conclude that cardiac catheterization is required to define the complex anatomy of aortic lesions and should be performed in all patients with PHACE and evident aortic involvement to plan appropriate and safe surgical repair.
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- Gabriele Bronzetti
- Pediatric Cardiology, University of Bologna, Policlinico S. Orsola-Malpighi, Bologna, Italy.
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Fujita M, Darmstadt GL, Dinulos JG. Cutis marmorata telangiectatica congenita with hemangiomatous histopathologic features. J Am Acad Dermatol 2003; 48:950-4. [PMID: 12789192 DOI: 10.1067/mjd.2003.301] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Cutis marmorata telangiectatica congenita (CMTC) is a congenital cutaneous vascular malformation that is diagnosed on the typical clinical findings of persistent cutis marmorata, telangiectasia, phlebectasia, occasional ulceration and atrophy, and tendency for clinical improvement. Histopathologic findings seldom have been reported. We report a case of CMTC with atypical histopathologic findings of proliferation of vasculature in addition to dilated capillaries in the dermis. We have reviewed all cases of CMTC with histopathologic findings published in the English-language literature. The most common and prominent finding was dilation of capillaries and veins in the dermis (13/15 cases). Two cases, including our own, demonstrated proliferation of vascular channels. The implications of vascular proliferation on the clinical course of CMTC are unclear.
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- Mayumi Fujita
- Department of Pediatrics, Children's Hospital and Regional Medical Center, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, Washington, USA
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Slavotinek AM, Dubovsky E, Dietz HC, Lacbawan F. Report of a child with aortic aneurysm, orofacial clefting, hemangioma, upper sternal defect, and marfanoid features: possible PHACE syndrome. AMERICAN JOURNAL OF MEDICAL GENETICS 2002; 110:283-8. [PMID: 12116239 DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.10455] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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We report a female patient who had a scalp hemangioma, a cleft uvula, an upper sternal defect, pectus excavatum, arachnodactyly, pes planus, and joint hypermobility. She had rupture of an aortic aneurysm after minor trauma at 11 years of age. At 17 years of age, elective repair of a dilated, ectatic aorta was complicated by cerebral ischemia. Other vascular abnormalities in the proband included an aneurysm of the left subclavian artery, atresia of the right carotid artery, and calcified cerebral aneurysms. We believe that the proband's physical anomalies are best described by the PHACE (posterior fossa brain malformations, hemangiomas, arterial anomalies, coarctation of the aorta and cardiac defects, and eye abnormalities) phenotypic spectrum. This spectrum of physical anomalies also includes sternal clefting and hemagiomas as part of the sternal malformation/vascular dysplasia (SM/VD) association, as found in our patient, and the acronym PHACES has also been used. We consider that the PHACE phenotypic spectrum is likely to be broader than previously recognized and includes orofacial clefting and aortic dilatation and rupture. Our patient also had skeletal anomalies that lead to consideration of Marfan syndrome as a diagnosis. It should be recognized that there is clinical overlap between PHACE syndrome and Marfan syndrome when aortic dilatation is present. We would also like to emphasize the minor nature of the cutaneous findings in our patient despite her severe vascular complications. This is in contrast to previous reports of large or multiple hemangiomas in PHACE syndrome.
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- Anne M Slavotinek
- Medical Genetics Branch, National Human Genome Research Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892-4472, USA.
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James PA, McGaughran J. Complete overlap of PHACE syndrome and sternal malformation--vascular dysplasia association. AMERICAN JOURNAL OF MEDICAL GENETICS 2002; 110:78-84. [PMID: 12116276 DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.10398] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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PHACE syndrome is the term applied to the association of posterior fossa brain abnormalities, hemangiomas, arterial anomalies in the cranial vasculature, coarctation of the aorta/cardiac defects, and eye abnormalities. An overlap with the sternal malformation/vascular dysplasia association has been described. We report an adult patient with complete manifestations of both conditions. As an adult she has demonstrated resolution of the hemangiomas and only mild intellectual difficulties.
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- Paul A James
- Northern Regional Genetics Services, Auckland Hospital, Auckland, New Zealand
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OBJECTIVES PHACE is an acronym coined to describe a neurocutaneous syndrome encompassing the following features: posterior fossa brain malformations, large facial hemangiomas, arterial anomalies, cardiac anomalies and aortic coarctation, and eye abnormalities. We evaluated the spectrum of disease and significance of potential underlying brain anomalies among affected children. STUDY DESIGN The records of 14 patients with PHACE syndrome, evaluated between 1995 and 2000, were retrospectively reviewed. A literature review revealed 116 additional cases. RESULTS PHACE syndrome represents a spectrum of anomalies, because most affected children have only one extracutaneous manifestation. The syndrome is associated with a high incidence of arterial and structural central nervous system anomalies with secondary neurologic sequelae. The potential for progressive neurovascular disease also exists among those patients with anomalous vasculature. CONCLUSION PHACE syndrome should be considered in any infant presenting with a large, segmental, plaque-type facial hemangioma. Children at risk should receive careful ophthalmologic, cardiac, and neurologic assessment.
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- D W Metry
- Departments of Dermatology, Pediatrics, and Radiology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA
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Donnelly LF, Adams DM, Bisset GS. Vascular malformations and hemangiomas: a practical approach in a multidisciplinary clinic. AJR Am J Roentgenol 2000; 174:597-608. [PMID: 10701595 DOI: 10.2214/ajr.174.3.1740597] [Citation(s) in RCA: 223] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
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- L F Donnelly
- Clinic for the Treatment of Vascular Malformations, Department of Radiology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27710, USA
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- B A Drolet
- Department of Dermatology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, USA.
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BACKGROUND In the setting of normal cardiac situs, a right-sided aortic arch is uncommon. When a right arch does occur, it is typically in conjunction with other congenital cardiovascular anomalies, especially defects with abnormal right ventricular outflow. Congenital obstruction of a right arch, caused by coarctation, interruption, or cervical arch, is extremely rare. METHODS We reviewed our experience and all reported cases of right aortic arch with coarctation of the aorta, interrupted arch, or obstruction of a cervical arch in the setting of normal cardiac situs and topology. RESULTS Since 1992, 4 such patients have undergone repair at our institution, including 1 with interrupted arch, 1 with coarctation of a mirror image arch, and 2 with obstruction of a cervical arch. In addition to these 4 patients, 38 others have been described in the published reports: 15 with interrupted arch, 19 with coarctation, and 4 with obstruction of a cervical arch. Associated cardiac defects were uncommon, except for ventricular septal defect in patients with interrupted arch, but abnormalities of the brachiocephalic vessels were frequent. Except for most of the patients with interrupted right arch, the majority of patients described have undergone successful surgical repair. CONCLUSIONS Although obstructive arch lesions are often grouped together, the etiologies of coarctation of the aorta, interrupted arch, and cervical arch with obstruction almost certainly differ. The rarity of such lesions among patients with right aortic arch may be explained in part by the fact that the fetal hemodynamic conditions associated with persistence of a right arch do not facilitate flow-related arch obstruction. In this review, we discuss these issues in detail, along with specific surgical considerations in the management of obstruction lesions of the right aortic arch.
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- D B McElhinney
- Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of California, San Francisco, USA
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