Title: PHACE Syndrome: A Rare Case Study
Authors: Dr Hari Sankar T, Dr S K Pradhan, Dr C S Patra, Dr S S Mishra
DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.18535/jmscr/v9i1.24
Abstract
PHACE is a clinic-radiological syndrome first described by Friedon in 1996 as an infantile segmental hemangioma with other features like posterior fossa abnormalities, arteriopathy, cardiac defects and eye anomalies.
Long term outcome varies according to the severity of associated defects.
Keywords: PHACE, Hemangiomas, VSD, CoA, LASER.
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