Abstract
A 0-day old girl was referred to our hospital with the chief complaint of multiple dark red nodules, measuring 2 to 5mm in size and covering her entire body. She was delivered at term with a 2,845g birth weight by normal spontaneous vaginal delivery. A biopsy specimen from the nodule of the trunk showed capillary hemangioma. Two hemangiomas of the liver were also identified by ultrasound. Since her hemangiomas were limited to the skin and liver, we diagnosed her to have benign neonatal hemangiomatosis. Since the hemangiomas grew in size during her first month of life, she was treated with oral prednisolone (2mg/kg/day). A month later, the hemangiomas began to improve, and thereafter the prednisolone was slowly withdrawn over a month-long period. As a result, the cutaneous hemangiomas resolved completely, and a hepatic hemangioma also disappeared.
