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Surgical and non-surgical treatment of head and neck haemangioma: a retrospective study and literature review

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AL Muala Header Dakhel
KufaCollege of dentistry ; Bristol University Hospital Foundation trust,

Egypt. J. Nutr. Health. 2015; 10 (4): 16-23
Smile Dental Journal
Journal Country: Jordan
P-ISSN: 2072-473X
E-ISSN: 2072-4748
Indexing Status : In Process
Citation: Header Dakhel AL Muala , Surgical and non-surgical treatment of head and neck haemangioma: a retrospective study and literature review, Egypt. J. Nutr. Health. 2015; 10 (4): 16-23

Abstract English

Hemangiomas are lesions that are not present at birth. They manifest within the first month of life, exhibit a rapid proliferative phase, and slowly involute to near complete resolution. Hemangiomas exhibit both a proliferating phase and an involution phase, whereas vascular malformations are more stable and fail to regress Patients and methods: The retrospective study was done on ninety patients with hemangiomas, eighty patients treated with intralesional triamcinolone acetonide injection at age 6 years to 45 years and ten patients who were treated surgically considered as a control group at al-sadder teaching hospital -Al Najaf and department of oral and maxillofacial surgery, Kufa, college of dentistry 2007 to 2014
Results: Examined group eighty patients with hemangiomas were treated with intralesional triamcinolone acetonide injection thirty six cases were male and forty four cases were female. our results revealed that [10-19] years was most common age group with heamangiomas twenty cases and revealed that females were most common than males forty four cases which were complaint heamangiomas Conclusions: The treatment of heamangioma is dependent on stages of growth, primary site, size and depth of heamangioma. Each treatment option has limited therapeutic benefit with its own side-effect profile and risks. There is no gold-standard treatment applicable to all patients

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