Five Cases of Neonatal Hepatic Hemangioendothelioma.

Kim,  Hyang; Kim,  Mi Jeong; Kim,  Sun Hee; Yoon,  Woong; Chung,  Tae Woong; Choi,  Young Youn

Case Report

Journal of the Korean Society of Neonatology 2005;12(2):185-193.
Published online November 1, 2005.

Five Cases of Neonatal Hepatic Hemangioendothelioma.

Hyang Kim, Mi Jeong Kim, Sun Hee Kim, Woong Yoon, Tae Woong Chung, Young Youn Choi

¹Department of Pediatrics, Chonnam University Medical School, Gwang-Ju, Korea. yychoi@chonnam.ac.kr
²Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Chonnam University Medical School, Gwang-Ju, Korea.

신생아에서 진단된 간내 혈관내피종 (Hemangioendothelioma) 5례

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Abstract

Neonatal Hemangioendothelioma (HE) is the most common type of hepatic vascular tumor that presents in infancy. HE generally undergo spontaneous regression within a year, but it may become symptomatic and be associated with life-threatening complications including congestive heart failure, consumptive coagulopathy and hepatic rupture. We report five cases of neonatal hepatic HE with brief review of the literatures. The report include a case of HE associated with AV malformation complicated by congestive heart failure who was successfully treated by hepatic artery embolization, a case of HE associated with transposition of great artery (TGA), and three cases of asymptomatic HE with spontaneous involution.

Key Words: Hemangioendothelioma; Heart failure; Embolization; Spontaneous involution