Treatment of Hemangiomas by Embolization

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Fig. 15.1
Term neonate requiring mechanical ventilation and pressors with cardiac volume overload and respiratory insufficiency due to massive hepatic RICH. Hepatic arterial supply was partially embolized using large particles and Gelfoam, resulting in rapid clinical improvement. The infant was extubated and feeding normally within 2 days of the procedure and continues to do well. (a) T2-weighted coronal MRI shows a large spherical heterogeneous mass in the right hepatic lobe. (b) Color Doppler ultrasound image of the liver shows dilated hepatic vessels with a low-resistance Doppler waveform consistent with arteriovenous shunting. (c) MR angiography shows the extreme vascularity of the mass. (d, e) Hepatic arteriogram confirms the high-flow nature of the focal lesion, without direct arteriovenous fistulae. (f) Segmental angiogram prior to embolization. (g, h) Hepatic angiogram carried out after embolization shows subtotal occlusion of the tumor vascularity. If the patient did not improve, further embolization could be carried out in a second stage. RPHA, right posterior hepatic artery





Summary


Embolization is generally not a first-line treatment for infantile and congenital hemangiomas, as well as kaposiform hemangioendotheliomas, but can be effective and even lifesaving in selected situations.


References



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Burrows PE, Rosenberg HC, Chuang HS (1985) Diffuse hepatic hemangiomas: percutaneous transcatheter embolization with detachable silicone balloons. Radiology 156(1):85–88CrossRefPubMed

Sep 20, 2016 | Posted by in HEMATOLOGY | Comments Off on Treatment of Hemangiomas by Embolization

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