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Diffuse neonatal hemangiomatosis: a new constellation of findings.

Department of Dermatology and Syphilology, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, MI.
Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology (impact factor: 3.99). 06/1991; 24(5 Pt 2):816-8. pp.816-8
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ABSTRACT Diffuse neonatal hemangiomatosis is a rare, frequently fatal disease characterized by multiple cutaneous and visceral hemangiomas. The skin, liver, lungs, intestines, and central nervous system are the most commonly affected organs. Death can result from high-output cardiac failure as a result of arteriovenous shunting. In this report we present a new constellation of findings in a patient with diffuse neonatal hemangiomatosis, namely, an absent corpus callosum, ectopia cordis (sternal agenesis) with median abdominal raphe, and tricuspid atresia.

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Keywords

arteriovenous shunting
 
central nervous system
 
diffuse neonatal hemangiomatosis
 
ectopia cordis
 
high-output cardiac failure
 
intestines
 
median abdominal raphe
 
multiple cutaneous
 
new constellation
 
rare
 

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