CHSJ

Curr Health Sci J, vol. 36, no. 3, 2010

Facial Hemangiomas Diagnosis

[Original paper]

T. N. Sas(1), N. Boutsiadis (2)


(1)University of Medicine and Pharmacy Craiova;
(2)General Hospital of Thesaloniki G. Papanikolaou


Abstract:

Hemangiomas are prominent lesions, circumscribed, red, often lobe, typically found at females (sex ratio of 3:1). The incidence of hemangiomas is 10-12% to infants, preterm infants with a birth weight over 1500 g and to term newborns. Most hemangiomas become distinct lesions during the first 6 weeks of life and proliferate within the first 8-12 months. Frequently hemangiomas are isolated lesions (80%), while 20% of cases have multiple location. Hemangiomas are clinically heterogeneous, defined by the appearance of depth, location and stage of development. In clinical aspect, hemangiomas may take slightly different forms. So in addition of the considered classic hemangiomas can be distinguished four types: deep hemangiomas, covered by normal skin, known as cavernous hemangiomas; macular hemangiomas, hemangiomas similar to „wine stain”; elevated hemangiomas, hemangiomas with persistent increased blood flow. The most common locations of hemangiomas are based on incidence, there are: cephalic extremity (60%); trunk (25%); extremity (15%); extracutaneous areas, such as liver, gastrointestinal tract, larynx, central nervous system, pancreas, thymus, spleen. A common feature of congenital vascular anomalies is the distribution in almost any region of the body in any organ. At patients with multiple hemangiomas, clinical examination and complementary imaging for the diagnosis of visceral lesions in organs derived from the same gill arch structures in the anatomical region which is located hemangiomas. The evolution of modern anesthesia techniques, laser therapy, surgical and medical methods allow effective intervention to treat those lesions considered in recent years as having unacceptable results and allow safe treatment of hemangiomas preventing the occurrence of psychological sequelae of children as a result of this facial hemangiomas.


Keywords: hemangiomas; lesions; vascular; cephalic



Corresponding: T. N. Sas MD, PhD Stud. University of Medicine and Pharmacy Craiova, Str Petru Rares nr. 4, 200456, Craiova, Dolj, Romania


DOI 10.12865/CHSJ.36.03.12 - Download PDF
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