Facial Hemangioma, and Associated Malformations: A Case Report

Abstract

Facial hemangioma can be isolated lesions or associated with a wide variety of systemic findings. We report a 9-month-old girl who shows an extensive facial hemangioma, intracranial and extracranial vascular malformations, a Dandy-Walker malformation and congenital cardiac malformations. This patient serves as an ample reason why children with similar cutaneous lesions should be carefully evaluated for other associated defects.

Neurocutaneous disease - facial hemangioma - Dandy-Walker malformation - cutaneous hemangioma-vascular complex syndrome - PHACES - Pascual-Castroviejo II syndrome

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1 The first two authors contributed equally to this work.