Medical Transcription Word Board archived thread

Anonymous
facies syndrome or PHACES? Doc is adamant about PHACES (nm)
Thu Sep 30, 2004 05:09

billybob
PHACES syndrome or PHACE syndrome SM
Thu Sep 30, 2004 05:14

"This is a third trimester fetus with cerebellar hemihypoplasia. At birth the baby had an extensive facial hemangioma. The final diagnosis for the case was PHACES syndrome

posterior fossa malformations (74%), most commonly of the Dandy-Walker variant;

hemangiomas (41%) (especially large, plaquelike, facial lesions or in the airways, possibly causing dyspnea);

arterial anomalies (21%) (in particular of the central nervous system vasculature, hypoplasia of the carotid-vertebral trunk);

cardiac anomalies (26%) and coarctation of the aorta;

eye abnormalities (23%) (congenital cataracts, glaucoma, choroidal hemangioma and a papillary abnormality) ; and

sternal anomalies or cleft and/or supraumbilical raphe"

Vicki
PHACES-see link
Thu Sep 30, 2004 05:18

There are many, many hits on Google for this--many of which are NIH sites.

The description is completely different than the other you are talking about.

Periocular Hemangiomas: What Every Physician Should Know - Pediatr ...
... One cannot discuss periocular hemangiomas without describing the PHACES syndrome
(Posterior fossa brain abnormalities, Hemangiomas, Arterial anomalies, Cardiac ...
www.blackwell-synergy.com/links/ doi/10.1111/j.0736-8046.2004.21101.x/abs/ - Similar pages

The initials look as though they stand for different things: see just above this--posterior, hemangiomas, arterial, cardiac...

Vicki
Hi BB (nm)
Thu Sep 30, 2004 05:18

Anonymous
Thanks so much! (nm)
Thu Sep 30, 2004 05:18

billybob
howdy. (nm)
Thu Sep 30, 2004 05:21

Rachael
'morning to you Vicki (nm)
Thu Sep 30, 2004 05:26

Vicki
Hi, Rachael!-Good to see U. U & BB are both up early. :) (nm)
Thu Sep 30, 2004 05:33

billybob
up late! retrieving the archives all night. (nm)
Thu Sep 30, 2004 05:40

before I leave at 6:30.
Early - have a 7:30 am meeting - trying to get stuff done (nm)
Thu Sep 30, 2004 05:47

Vicki
Well, BB--you should be hitting the sack soon & -sm
Thu Sep 30, 2004 06:02

Rachael, hope your meeting goes well. :)