Affiliation:
1. Pediatric Hematology and Oncology
2. Pediatric Cardiology, Afyonkarahisar Health Sciences University Faculty of Medicine, Afyonkarahisar, Turkey
Abstract
Introduction:
Propranolol, a nonselective beta-blocker used in the medical treatment of infantile Hemangioma (IH), has been shown to decrease the levels of vascular endothelial growth factor and reduce angiogenesis with its antiproliferative and antiangiogenetic effects.
Materials and Methods:
It has been reported that the storage, transport, and secretion of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) are associated with platelet volume indices (PVI). We aimed to investigate the effect of propranolol on PVI in IH patients. Propranolol treatment was started on 22 IH patients. Platelets, mean platelet volume (MPV), platelet distribution width (PDW), and plateletcrit values in the follow-ups at months 0, 1, and 2 were compared between 22 patients who received treatment and 25 patients who did not.
Results:
While a statistically significant difference between months 0, 1, and 2 in PDW and MPV values was detected in the treated group, it was not detected in the untreated group. Taking into consideration that VEGF levels were higher at the beginning of the treatment in the pathophysiology of the disease, it was thought that the decrease in VEGF levels by propranolol may have led to a decrease in MPV and PDW levels in the treatment group.
Conclusion:
Consequently, in IH cases, propranolol response follow-up can be evaluated with PVIs, especially MPV and PDW, and it may facilitate clinicians’ monitoring of the disease after propranolol administration.
Publisher
Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health)
Subject
Oncology,Hematology,Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health
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