Abstract
A patient with multinodular haemangiomatosis of the liver, rapidly deteriorating in the first weeks of life due to severe progressive congestive heart failure, was successfully treated by hepatic artery catheter embolisation at the age of 6 weeks.
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Abbreviations
- MHL:
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multinodular haemangiomatosis of the liver
- CHF:
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congestive heart failure
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Vomberg, P.P., Büller, H.A., Marsman, J.W.P. et al. Hepatic artery embolisation; successful treatment of multinodular haemangiomatosis of the liver. Eur J Pediatr 144, 472–474 (1986). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00441741
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