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==Overview== | |||
The mainstay of therapy for lymphangioma is surgery. | |||
==Surgery== | |||
* The mainstay of therapy for lymphangioma is surgery. | |||
* Treatment for lymphangioma involves the removal of the abnormal tissue; however complete removal may be impossible without removing other normal areas. | |||
* Most patients need at least two procedures done for the removal process to be achieved. | |||
* Recurrence is possible but unlikely for those lesions able to be removed completely via excisional surgery. | |||
* Draining lymphangiomas of fluid provides only temporary relief, so they are removed surgically. | |||
* The least invasive and most effective form of treatment is now performed by interventional radiologists. | |||
* A sclerosing agent, such as 1% or 3% sodium tetradecyl sulfate, doxycycline, or ethanol, may be directly injected into a lymphocele. | |||
* All sclerosing agents are thought to work by ablating the endothelial cells of the disrupted lymphatics feeding into the lymphocele. | |||
* Lymphangioma circumscription can be healed when treated with a flashlamp pulsed dye laser, although this can cause port-wine stains and other vascular lesions. | |||
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Overview
The mainstay of therapy for lymphangioma is surgery.
Surgery
- The mainstay of therapy for lymphangioma is surgery.
- Treatment for lymphangioma involves the removal of the abnormal tissue; however complete removal may be impossible without removing other normal areas.
- Most patients need at least two procedures done for the removal process to be achieved.
- Recurrence is possible but unlikely for those lesions able to be removed completely via excisional surgery.
- Draining lymphangiomas of fluid provides only temporary relief, so they are removed surgically.
- The least invasive and most effective form of treatment is now performed by interventional radiologists.
- A sclerosing agent, such as 1% or 3% sodium tetradecyl sulfate, doxycycline, or ethanol, may be directly injected into a lymphocele.
- All sclerosing agents are thought to work by ablating the endothelial cells of the disrupted lymphatics feeding into the lymphocele.
- Lymphangioma circumscription can be healed when treated with a flashlamp pulsed dye laser, although this can cause port-wine stains and other vascular lesions.
References