Management of haemangioma in different sites

ABSTRACT

78 cases of haemangioma in different sites were treated in the last five years in surgery and Radiotherapy departments in Mansuora University Hospital. They were 68 cases of skin and 10 cases were vertibral haemangioma. In the last complete neurologincal examination and radiological invistigation were done. Treatment method advocated was ethanolamin injection [46 cases], surgical excision with or without grafting [8 cases] and radiotherapy [24 cases]. The latter treatment was given either primarily or after lamenectomy and biopsy of the vertibral haemangioma. Most of the leases were followed up for two years and showed good response denoting the value of radiotherapy in the treatment of vertibral haemangioma in particular. Surgery and intralesional injection of sclerosing agent were also mentioned as lines of treatment of choisce in haemangioma affecting the skin