Venous malformation of the cheek: treatment selection based on C.T. scan evaluation

ABSTRACT

Venous malformations represent a great cosmetic and functional problem to the patients; especially those lesions occurring in the face. Although a variety of treatments of this condition exist in the field of plastic surgery, yet the selection of the appropriate modality is not clear in the literature. In the current paper, 15 patients -suffering from venous malformation of the cheek area- were selected from a large pool of patients presented to the plastic surgery department of Ain-Shams University. They were classified into two groups [localized and diffuse] according to the clinical examination and the CT. scan findings. The first group was treated by surgical excision; while the second group was subjected to Nd.YAG laser photocoagulation. The results, of the classification and the different treatments were presented and discussed