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ArticleBMJ case reports2017

Use of propranolol in a remote region of rural Guatemala to treat a large facial infantile haemangioma.

Vera Goldberg, Boris Martinez, Katia Cnop, Peter Rohloff

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Article in BMJ case reports, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed, 4 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Vera GoldbergHarvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Boris MartinezWuqu' Kawoq, Santiago Sacatepéquez, Guatemala.
Katia CnopWuqu' Kawoq, Santiago Sacatepéquez, Guatemala.
Peter RohloffDivision of Global Health Equity, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7274-8315
Probigua · GTBrigham and Women's Hospital · USHarvard University · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

We present a female infant with a right-sided facial and neck haemangioma, from a remote, resource-poor community in rural Guatemala. She received first-line treatment, propranolol, with marked reduction in tumour size and erythema. Treatment was stopped after 35 weeks due to recurrent diarrhoea and sustained weight loss. Propranolol can be used to safely treat infants with haemangiomas in remote, rural communities if there is adequate follow-up, education and communication. Periocular haemangiomas should be treated promptly to avoid visual impairment. Infants with large facial haemangiomas should be screened for

Indexed as

Aortic CoarctationDiagnosis, DifferentialEye AbnormalitiesFaceFemaleGuatemalaHemangiomaHumansInfantMagnetic Resonance AngiographyMagnetic Resonance ImagingNeurocutaneous SyndromesPropranololRural PopulationTreatment OutcomeVasodilator AgentsPropranololVasodilator AgentsCongenital disordersGlobal HealthHemangiomaPharmacology and therapeutics

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PMID28512124
PMCPMC5753702
OpenAlexW2614278175

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