TY - JOUR
T1 - Hypoglycemia as a result of propranolol during treatment of infantile hemangioma: A case report
AU - Breur, Johannes M. P. J.
AU - de Graaf, Marlies
AU - Breugem, Corstiaan C.
AU - Pasmans, Suzanne G. M. A.
PY - 2011
Y1 - 2011
N2 - Propranolol is a new and promising treatment for hemangiomas of infancy. We report of a patient in whom steroid maintenance therapy is successfully tapered after introduction of propranolol. This patient, however, developed symptomatic hypoglycemic events presumably because of a concurrent deficiency of epinephrine and cortisol as a direct result of both beta-blockage by propranolol and adrenal insufficiency as a result of prednisone use. Extreme care should be taken in patients treated with both propranolol and prednisone as they are at increased risk of hypoglycemia. © 2010 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
AB - Propranolol is a new and promising treatment for hemangiomas of infancy. We report of a patient in whom steroid maintenance therapy is successfully tapered after introduction of propranolol. This patient, however, developed symptomatic hypoglycemic events presumably because of a concurrent deficiency of epinephrine and cortisol as a direct result of both beta-blockage by propranolol and adrenal insufficiency as a result of prednisone use. Extreme care should be taken in patients treated with both propranolol and prednisone as they are at increased risk of hypoglycemia. © 2010 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
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UR - https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20738795
U2 - https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1525-1470.2010.01224.x
DO - https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1525-1470.2010.01224.x
M3 - Article
C2 - 20738795
SN - 0736-8046
VL - 28
SP - 169
EP - 171
JO - Pediatric dermatology
JF - Pediatric dermatology
IS - 2
ER -