Cutaneous, mediastinal and hepatic hemangiomas in a girl followed during 12 years

Neuropediatrics. 2011 Feb;42(1):24-7. doi: 10.1055/s-0031-1273705. Epub 2011 May 9.

Abstract

We present in this paper the case of a 12-year-old girl who had the clinical features of 2 different disorders: neurofibromatosis 1 (NF1) and 3 hemangiomas located in the skin, liver and mediastinum. The patient did not receive any specific treatment and showed a normal progressive evolution that lasted 1 / to 2 years and a very slow regression that lasted for a more prolonged time than expected (the 3 hemangiomas have not completely disappeared yet), although all 3 have been asymptomatic. MRI of the brain did not disclose a hemangioblastoma of the cerebellum or any other vascular lesion of the brain. Mental development of this girl was in the borderline range, as is commonly seen in Pascual-Castroviejo II syndrome (P-CIIS)/PHACE syndrome and in NF1, 2 syndromes which have not been reported to be associated in the same patient previously.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Child
  • Female
  • Hemangioma / complications*
  • Humans
  • Liver Neoplasms / complications*
  • Longitudinal Studies
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Mediastinum / pathology*
  • Skin Neoplasms / complications*