Open AccessPHACES syndrome in association with airway hemangioma: First report from Saudi Arabia and literature review
Author(s) -
Sami Alsuwaidan
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
annals of thoracic medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.639
H-Index - 33
eISSN - 1817-1737
pISSN - 1998-3557
DOI - 10.4103/1817-1737.91555
Subject(s) - medicine , hemangioma , airway , coarctation of the aorta , congenital malformations , association (psychology) , surgery , aorta , pregnancy , philosophy , epistemology , biology , genetics
"PHACES" is a neurocutaneous syndrome that refers to the following associations: Posterior fossa malformations, Hemangiomas, Arterial malformations, Coarctation of the aorta/Cardiac defects, Eye abnormalities, and Sternal defects. Herein, we report the association of PHACES syndrome with airway hemangioma, a serious association that should not be overlooked. The findings of such an association presented here are the first to be reported from Saudi Arabia.