Propranolol for infantile haemangiomas

INTERVENTION: Propranolol hydrochloride oral solution 2mg/kg/day divided three times daily for 24 weeks CONDITION: Infantile Haemangioma PRIMARY OUTCOME: Change in infantile haemangioma volume assessed by taking 2 hemispheric tape measure measurements SECONDARY OUTCOME: Clinical photography to assess haemangioma color: redness, blueness, and to assess haemangioma elevation INCLUSION CRITERIA: children between the ages of 9 weeks to 5 years with infantile hemangiomas that are deep, or in sites that could impair function or aesthetic disfigurement, or are too late for corticosteroid therapy or that failed to respond to corticosteroid therapy