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PHACE syndrome in a child with segmental IH of face
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  1. Carolina Vasconcelos Guimarães1,
  2. Inês Candeias1,
  3. Ana Pinheiro1,
  4. Felicidade Trindade2
  1. 1Unidade Funcional de Pediatria, Hospital de Cascais, Cascais, Portugal
  2. 2Unidade Funcional de Dermatologia, Hospital de Cascais, Cascais, Portugal
  1. Correspondence to Dr Carolina Vasconcelos Guimarães, carolinavguimaraes{at}gmail.com

https://doi.org/10.1136/bcr-2017-221793

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    An 8-month-old female infant was referred for paediatric and dermatology consultation for evaluation of a facial haemangioma with progressive growth since the first days of life. The observation showed a large segmental infantile haemangioma (IH) over the right face (figure 1), a small vulvar haemangioma and exotropia of the right eye.

    Figure 1

    Right facial segmental infantile haemangioma at the level of the mandible, with extension to the lower lip.

    Due to the segmental appearance of the facial IH, we prompted the investigation of PHACE syndrome, an acronym corresponding to a set of alterations: Posterior fossa anomalies, Haemangioma, Arterial …

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