"Serum alpha-fetoprotein is rarely elevated in infantile hepatic haemangioma when adjusted for infant age 10. It should be noted that, physiologically, AFP is very high at birth and declines exponentially to near‑adult levels by about 8–9 months 11."
"T1: hypointense 3"
"T2: hyperintense 3"
"These benign tumours were previously referred to as hepatic infantile haemangioendotheliomas, but as they are similar to haemangiomas elsewhere in the body, they have been reclassified as haemangiomas by the International Society for the Study of Vascular Anomalies (ISSVA)."
"Serum alpha-fetoprotein is rarely elevated in infantile hepatic haemangioma when adjusted for infant age 10. It should be noted that, physiologically, AFP is very high at birth and declines exponentially to near‑adult levels by about 8–9 months 11."
Expected headings
"Associations"
"There is typical peripheral enhancement with gradual filling-in. Another characteristic finding is a reduction in the aortic calibre (mid-aortic syndrome) distal to the level of the coeliac axis because of the important vascular distribution toward the liver. The same process will cause coeliac trunk and hepatic artery hypertrophy."