Affiliations 

  • 1 Department of Pediatrics, The University of Calgary, and the Alberta Children's Hospital, Calgary, Alberta
  • 2 Pediatric Institute, Kuala Lumpur General Hospital, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
  • 3 Department of Pediatrics and Department of Dermatology and Skin Sciences, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia
Paediatr Child Health, 2020 04 24;26(2):e70-e72.
PMID: 33747313 DOI: 10.1093/pch/pxaa050

Abstract

The majority of infantile hemangiomas are benign and will resolve on their own. We report a 4-month-old infant with an ulcerated giant segmental infantile hemangioma involving the left upper limb who developed a contracture of the left elbow despite treatment with oral propranolol, proper wound care, and regular intense physiotherapy. To our knowledge, contracture resulting from an infantile hemangioma has not been reported previously.

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