PHACE syndrome: MRI of intracerebral vascular anomalies and clinical findings in a series of 12 patients.
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Bracken, JenniferRobinson, Ian
Snow, Aisling
Watson, Rosemarie
Irvine, Alan D
Rea, David
Phelan, Ethna
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Department of Radiology, Our Lady's Children's Hospital, Crumlin, Dublin 12,, Ireland. jenny_bracken@hotmail.comIssue Date
2012-02-01T10:24:48ZMeSH
Abnormalities, Multiple/*diagnosisAortic Coarctation/*diagnosis/pathology
*Cranial Fossa, Posterior/abnormalities
Eye Abnormalities/*diagnosis/pathology
Female
Humans
Infant, Newborn
*Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Male
Neurocutaneous Syndromes/*complications/diagnosis/pathology
Retrospective Studies
Syndrome
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Pediatr Radiol. 2011 Sep;41(9):1129-38. Epub 2011 Jun 15.Journal
Pediatric radiologyDOI
10.1007/s00247-011-2142-zPubMed ID
21674285Abstract
BACKGROUND: PHACE (posterior fossa defects, haemangioma, arterial anomalies, coarctation of the aorta and cardiac defects, eye abnormalities) syndrome describes a constellation of abnormalities that can occur in association with segmental craniofacial infantile haemangioma. OBJECTIVE: To report the spectrum of clinical and imaging abnormalities seen in a cohort of children. MATERIALS AND METHODS: A retrospective review of the clinical and imaging records of all patients diagnosed with PHACE syndrome between 1998 and 2009 was performed. Information sought included patient demographics, craniofacial segments involved, imaging findings and other extracutaneous abnormalities. RESULTS: Twelve patients were diagnosed with PHACE syndrome over 11 years. All patients had a segmental craniofacial haemangioma. Involved facial segments, in order of frequency, were frontotemporal (12), maxillary (8), mandibular (5) and frontonasal (1). The most common extracutaneous abnormalities were neurovascular anomalies (10), with many patients having multiple anomalies. The spectrum of arterial anomalies ranged from hypoplasia (9) to ectasia (3), anomalous origin/course (2) and persistent fetal anastomosis (2). Other anomalies found included cardiac anomalies (3), coarctation of the aorta (2), posterior fossa malformations (1) and sternal region anomalies (1). CONCLUSION: Intracranial anomalies are the most common extracutaneous feature of PHACE syndrome. The contribution of the radiologist in the recognition of such anomalies is important for the diagnosis of PHACE syndrome.Language
engISSN
1432-1998 (Electronic)0301-0449 (Linking)
ae974a485f413a2113503eed53cd6c53
10.1007/s00247-011-2142-z
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