Clinical application of peripheral angiography in infants / 介入放射学杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective To evaluate the application and safety of angiography in infants.Methods Eighteen infants with diagnosis of clinics,CT and MRI as hemangioma, hepatic and renal tumor and cerebral vascular diseases were undertaken digital subtraction angiography(DSA). Results All the cases were found to have anomalous lesions including hemangioma racemosum in 3 cases, capillary hemangioma in 1, hepatoblastoma in 3, renal Wilm's tumor in 1, renal rhabdomyosarcoma in 1, liver arteriovenous fistula (AVF) in 1, Galenic arteriovenous malformation (AVM) in 1,Sturge-Weber Syndrome in 1, AVM OR AVF in the craniofacial region in 2 and pre-operation cerebral angiography of PNET in 2. Conclusions DSA in infants is safe and reliable with extensive clinical application.