Ultrasound and MRI findings as predictors of propranolol therapy response in patients with infantile hemangioma.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To evaluate the prognostic value of ultrasound and MRI findings in patients with infantile hemangioma undergoing propranolol therapy.

Methods

This study was based on retrospective interpretation of prospectively acquired data. Thirty-eight consecutive patients (28 females and 10 males; mean age ± standard deviation, 3.2 ± 2.2 months) who underwent propranolol treatment for infantile hemangioma were included. Pre-treatment ultrasound images were assessed in terms of echogenicity, lesion height and vascularity. Presence of prominent intratumoral fat, non-fat septa, and enhancement pattern on MRI were retrospectively evaluated. Mann-Whitney test, chi-square, and Fisher's exact tests were used to compare imaging parameters between patients with treatment success and f

SUBMITTER: Park HJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7946284 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature