Newborn Intramuscular Hemangioma Revealed by Forearm Compartment Syndrome: Difficult Diagnosis in Less Developing Country
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The forearm intramuscular hemangiomas are increasingly described in the literature. The most common variants are about old children and teenagers. We reported a case of a forearm intramuscular hemangioma at a newborn, revealed by a compartment syndrome, which diagnosis were hard in a developing country as ours.
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