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Am J Perinatol 2009; 26(8): 601-604
DOI: 10.1055/s-0029-1220783
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Neonatal Hepatic Mesenchymal Hamartoma Causing Cardiac Failure and Disseminated Intravascular Coagulopathy

Phyllis Wan1 , Jonathan Susman2 , Jessica Kandel3 , Dominique Jan3 , Elizabeth Heidi Jerome4 , Elvira Parravicini1
  • 1Department of Neonatology, Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital of New York
  • 2Department of Radiology, Columbia Presbyterian Hospital, New York, New York
  • 3Department of Surgery, Columbia Presbyterian Hospital, New York, New York
  • 4Department of Anesthesiology, Columbia Presbyterian Hospital, New York, New York
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15 April 2009 (online)

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ABSTRACT

Even with advance prenatal diagnostic tools, differentiating among specific types of hepatic masses continues to challenge many physicians. Here, we report a neonate with life-threatening hepatic mass, cardiac failure, and disseminated intravascular coagulopathy, which clinically resembled hepatic hemangioma. A hepatic mesenchymal hamartoma was detected by postmortem pathology.

KEYWORDS

Neonatal hepatic mass - mesenchymal hamartoma - DIC - cardiac failure - embolization

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