Monday 1 April 2013

Infantile Hemangioma: Case Discussion

Today, at early morning, we admitted a case of infantile hemangioma to our pediatrics intensive care unit for respiratory and hemodynamic monitoring in the setting of possible ongoing airway obstruction. She's a 2 months old girl who was born with a small red lesion on her right cheek which progressed over the last few weeks. Now, she has multiple vascular lesions on both cheeks, right eyelids, forehead, nose bridge, and neck. She presented with acute onset, moderate-in-severity stridor.