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PHACES syndrome with intestinal hemangioma causing recurrent intussusceptions : a case report and literature review of associated intestinal hemangioma.

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DOI 10.5001/omj.2020.99
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Oman Medical Specialty Board.
Gregorian
2020-11
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English
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PHACES syndrome comprises posterior fossa malformations, segmental hemangioma, arterial anomalies, cardiac defects, eye anomalies and less commonly, sternal cleft, or supraumbilical raphe. We report a case of PHACES syndrome associated with intestinal hemangioma causing recurrent intussusceptions. A full-term infant female presented at the age of three months with segmental distribution of telangiectatic patch with red swelling involving the right periorbital area, right forehead, and lips. After a full workup and evaluation, the diagnosis of PHACES syndrome was confirmed based on the presence of facial segmental hemangioma, hypoplastic right internal carotid artery, intracranial hemangioma, and right optic disc anomaly. At the time of workup, she developed typical symptoms of intussusception. Diagnostic laparoscopy was performed, and she was found to have hemangioma covering the whole ileal wall and a thickened circumferential hemangioma covering the mid ilium causing the lead point of the intussusception. Control of this patient's hemangiomas was achieved by surgical resection of the thickened circumferential hemangioma covering the mid ilium along with oral propranolol. We reviewed the literature to explore the relationship between gastrointestinal (GI) hemangioma and PHACES syndrome and compared other associated extracutaneous hemangioma of the same series. We found 18 (58%) reported cases of GI hemangioma compared to other visceral hemangiomas on the same series of confirmed PHACE syndrome. All of the reported cases in this series present with anemia and GI bleeding except our patient who had intussusception. This might indicate the significant association of GI hemangioma as extracutaneous hemangioma in PHACES syndrome, emphasizing the importance of investigating symptomatic patients.
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Al-Musalhiyah, Buthaina, & Al-Balushiyah, Zainab (2020). PHACES syndrome with intestinal hemangioma causing recurrent intussusceptions : a case report and literature review of associated intestinal hemangioma. Oman Medical Journal, 35 (6), e204 [1-5].
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