Paediatria Croatica, Vol. 58 No. 4, 2014.
Case report
https://doi.org/10.13112/PC.2014.55
Hypoglycemia as a side eff ect of infantile hemangioma treatment with propranolol: three case reports
Arnes Rešić
Zdenka Pleša Premilovac
Filip Jurić
Marko Mesić
Abstract
Therapy of choice for complicated hemangiomas in infancy is orally administered propranolol in a dose of 1-3 mg/kg/day. We report
on two patients who developed symptomatic hypoglycemia and one patient experiencing seizures most likely associated with
hypoglycemia. Oral propranolol therapy for the treatment of infantile hemangioma was administered to all three patients. Although
propranolol is used in other indications and seems to be a safe drug, due to its non-selectiveness it is necessary to recognize the
possible less common side eff ects such as hypoglycemia, especially when administered for a new indication, such as treatment of
infantile hemangiomas in the stage of proliferative growth.
Keywords
hypoglycemia; hemangioma; propranolol; infant
Hrčak ID:
142380
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Publication date:
23.12.2014.
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