Preliminary communication

PHACES Syndrome – Case Report and Literature Review

Jelena Roganović ; Division of Hematology and Oncology, and Comprehensive Hemangiomas and Vascular Malformations Clinic, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
Denise Adams ; Division of Hematology and Oncology, and Comprehensive Hemangiomas and Vascular Malformations Clinic, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA

Abstract

The case of a 2-month-old female infant with PHACES syndrome is reported. PHACES represents a broad spectrum of congenital anomalies, including the following primary features: posterior fossa brain malformations, large facial hemangiomas, arterial anomalies, cardiac defects and aortic coarctation, eye abnormalities, and ventral developmental defects. The literature on this rare condition is reviewed.

Keywords

PHACES syndrome; hemangiomas

Hrčak ID:

39604

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/39604

Publication date:

1.3.2009.

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