Neonatal fulminant type 2 infantile hepatic hemangioendothelioma involving skin, viscera and soft tissue

Fetal Pediatr Pathol. 2010;29(5):338-43. doi: 10.3109/15513815.2010.494700.

Abstract

We present the fulminant case of a neonate whose symptoms, lesions, imaging, and laboratory tests perfectly simulated a neonatal neuroblastoma and the definitive diagnosis was finally given by necropsy as follows: Infantile hepatic hemangioendothelioma type 2 with extrahepatic extension affecting skin, lung, intestine, suprarenal, and soft tissue.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Autopsy
  • Fatal Outcome
  • Female
  • Hemangioendothelioma* / diagnosis
  • Hemangioendothelioma* / pathology
  • Humans
  • Infant, Newborn
  • Infant, Newborn, Diseases* / diagnosis
  • Infant, Newborn, Diseases* / pathology
  • Liver Neoplasms* / diagnosis
  • Liver Neoplasms* / pathology
  • Male
  • Neuroblastoma* / diagnosis
  • Neuroblastoma* / pathology
  • Skin Neoplasms / pathology*
  • Soft Tissue Neoplasms / diagnosis
  • Soft Tissue Neoplasms / pathology*
  • Viscera / pathology*