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Yi Ji1, Siyuan Chen2, Kaiying Yang1
1Division of Oncology, Department of Pediatric Surgery, West China Hospital of Sichuan University, Chengdu, China.
Background:
Abdominal ultrasonography has been proposed to screen for infantile hepatic hemangioma (IHH) in patients with multiple cutaneous infantile hemangiomas (IHs).
Objectives:
The aim of this study was to establish the optimal cutoff point for the number of cutaneous IHs needed to screen for IHH.
Methods:
We performed a prospective, multicenter study to screen for IHH in patients younger than 9 months who had multiple cutaneous IHs (n ≥ 3) on ultrasonography. For comparison, a group of patients with 1 or 2 focal cutaneous IHs was also recruited.
Results:
In total, 676 patients with at least 3 cutaneous IHs and 980 patients with 1 or 2 focal cutaneous IHs were enrolled. Thirty-one patients were found to have IHH. A higher number of cutaneous IHs was associated with an increased risk of IHH (R = 0.973; P < .001). Receiver operating characteristic curve analysis showed that 5 cutaneous IHs was the optimal cutoff point to screen for IHH, with an area under the curve of 0.872 (P < .001; 95% confidence interval, 0.789-0.955).
Limitations:
This was an uncontrolled study.
Conclusions:
Screening for IHH is recommended in patients younger than 9 months who present with 5 or more cutaneous IHs.
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