Successful treatment of pulmonary arteriovenous malformation and infantile hepatic hemangioendothelioma with alpha-interferon

Anadolu Kardiyol Derg. 2011 Mar;11(2):181-3. doi: 10.5152/akd.2011.043. Epub 2011 Mar 1.

Authors

Sonay Incesoy Özdemir¹, Ceyhun Bozkurt, Utku Arman Orün, Gürses Sahin, Nazmiye Yüksek, Semra Cetinkaya, Ulya Ertem

Affiliation

¹ Clinic of Pediatric Oncology, Dr. Sami Ulus Children's Hospital, Ankara, Turkey. sincesoy@yahoo.co.uk

PMID: 21362599
DOI: 10.5152/akd.2011.043

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Arteriovenous Malformations / complications
Arteriovenous Malformations / diagnostic imaging
Arteriovenous Malformations / drug therapy*
Cyanosis
Drug Therapy, Combination
Glucocorticoids / therapeutic use
Hemangioendothelioma / complications
Hemangioendothelioma / diagnosis
Hemangioendothelioma / drug therapy*
Hepatomegaly
Humans
Immunologic Factors / therapeutic use*
Infant
Interferon-alpha / therapeutic use*
Liver Neoplasms / complications
Liver Neoplasms / diagnosis
Liver Neoplasms / drug therapy*
Lung / blood supply*
Male
Prednisolone / therapeutic use
Pulmonary Artery / abnormalities
Pulmonary Veins / abnormalities
Tachycardia
Tachypnea
Ultrasonography

Substances

Glucocorticoids
Immunologic Factors
Interferon-alpha
Prednisolone