Assessment of some treatment of head and neck hemangiomas

ABSTRACT

Forty three cases of head and neck haemangiomas were treated at otorhinolaryngology and General Surgery Departments in Mansoura University Hospital during the period of 1988 to 1991. They were 23 cases of cutaneous haemangiomas, 14 cases lip haemangiomas and 6 cases oropharyngeal haemangiomas. The adopted modalities of treatment were discussed including surgery, injection sclero therapy using ethanolamine, and intra-lesional steroid injection. Ethanolamine and intra-lesional steroid injection are capable of producing a satisfactory therapeutic effect and should be tried as the first line of treatment in head and neck haemangiomas