steroid benefit in treating complicated hemangiomas

ABSTRACT

The aim of this paper is to report beneficial effect of treating haemangioma with steroids. Thirty patients with complicated hemangiomas [ulceration, bleeding, obstruction of anatomical orifice, and interfere with function or movement] of different age groups collected by simple random sampling in out patient, cases were treated with local injection of diluted triamcinolone 4mg with 5m1 normal saline in multiple sessions with 2 weeks apart. After treatment 60% of cutaneous heamangioma regress in age group between 1-<2 years old, from 2-4 years old regress in about 40%, and >6 years old is about 25%