Neonatal hemangiomatosis presenting as infantile spasms

Neuropediatrics. 1990 Nov;21(4):211-2. doi: 10.1055/s-2008-1071498.

Abstract

The previously unreported association of neonatal hemangiomatosis and infantile spasms is described in a 4-month-old female. The high mortality and morbidity of this neurocutaneous syndrome necessitates prompt recognition and investigation, to enable identification of associated internal lesions.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Brain Neoplasms / complications*
  • Calcinosis / complications
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Female
  • Hemangioma / complications*
  • Humans
  • Infant
  • Infant, Newborn
  • Neoplasms, Multiple Primary / complications*
  • Parietal Lobe* / diagnostic imaging
  • Spasms, Infantile / etiology*
  • Temporal Lobe* / diagnostic imaging
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed