RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Fifteen-minute consultation: Assessment, surveillance and management of hemihypertrophy
JF Archives of disease in childhood - Education & practice edition
JO Arch Dis Child Educ Pract Ed
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health
SP 114
OP 117
DO 10.1136/archdischild-2017-312645
VO 103
IS 3
A1 Catherine Mark
A1 Caroline Hart
A1 Anthony McCarthy
A1 Andrew Thompson
YR 2018
UL http://ep.bmj.com/content/103/3/114.abstract
AB This article aims to provide a structured and concise guide for the general paediatrician managing a child with hemihypertrophy. Hemihypertrophy is a relatively uncommon condition. The significance is that a proportion of those affected are at risk of developing malignancies in childhood. For these children regular surveillance is required. We have outlined how one might assess and investigate a child presenting with hemihypertrophy. We have also formulated a practicable surveillance strategy which is in line with the current Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (RCPCH) guideline ‘Wilms’ tumour surveillance in at-risk children’.