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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. | 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.<ref name="wiki">Lymphangioma. Wikipedia (2016) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lymphangioma Accessed on March 3, 2015</ref><ref name="patho">Lymphangioma. PathologyOutlines (2016) http://www.pathologyoutlines.com/topic/softtissuelymphangiomacystic.html Accessed on March 5, 2016</ref><ref name="patho2">Lymphangioma. Libre Pathology (2016) http://librepathology.org/wiki/Vascular_tumours#Lymphangioma Accessed on March 5, 2016</ref><ref name="radio"> Lymphangioma. Radiopeadia (2016) http://radiopaedia.org/articles/lymphangioma Accessed on March 5, 2016</ref> | ||
==Surgery== | ==Surgery== | ||
* The mainstay of therapy for lymphangioma is surgery. | * The mainstay of therapy for lymphangioma is surgery. | ||
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Overview
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.[1][2][3][4]
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
- ↑ Lymphangioma. Wikipedia (2016) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lymphangioma Accessed on March 3, 2015
- ↑ Lymphangioma. PathologyOutlines (2016) http://www.pathologyoutlines.com/topic/softtissuelymphangiomacystic.html Accessed on March 5, 2016
- ↑ Lymphangioma. Libre Pathology (2016) http://librepathology.org/wiki/Vascular_tumours#Lymphangioma Accessed on March 5, 2016
- ↑ Lymphangioma. Radiopeadia (2016) http://radiopaedia.org/articles/lymphangioma Accessed on March 5, 2016