Author(s)

Reina Kitabata¹, Noriko Aramaki-Hattori¹, Hiroyuki Fukushima², Jun Maeda², Tomoki Kiuchi³, Marie Aoki⁴, Kazuo Kishi¹

¹Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.
²Department of Pediatrics, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.
³Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, International University of Health and Welfare Hospital, Nasushiobara, Tokyo, Japan.
⁴Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Tokyo Metropolitan Children’s Medical Center, Tokyo, Japan.

Infantile hemangioma (IH) is a common tumor in infants. After the proliferative phase, hemangiomas regress, but sometimes leave scars. Propranolol is now the recommended first-line oral therapy for IH. To evaluate the effectiveness of oral propranolol administration, we measured quantitative changes in an IH by digital camera and Computed Tomography (CT) or Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI). Although digital cameras are very simple, changes in color tones occur with time, lesions are evaluated in two dimensions, and changes in the thickness of the hemangioma are difficult to evaluate. Therefore, we investigated the feasibility of 3D photography to quantify volumes in IH during oral propranolol treatment.

Infantile Hemangioma, Propranolol, 3D Photography

Kitabata, R. , Aramaki-Hattori, N. , Fukushima, H. , Maeda, J. , Kiuchi, T. , Aoki, M. and Kishi, K. (2019) Vectra 3D Imaging for Quantitative Volumetric Analysis of the Efficacy of Propranolol in Infantile Hemangioma. Modern Plastic Surgery, 9, 45-51. doi: 10.4236/mps.2019.93006.