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==Overview== | |||
==Medical Therapy== | |||
Patients with small hemangiomas (less than 4 cm) are managed by observation, whereas asymptomatic patients are followed up with periodic radiological examination.<ref name="pmidhttp://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC301051">{{cite journal| author=Jones BE, Moore RY| title=Ascending projections of the locus coeruleus in the rat. II. Autoradiographic study. | journal=Brain Res | year= 1977 | volume= 127 | issue= 1 | pages= 25-53 | pmid=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC301051 | doi= | pmc= | url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=301051 }} </ref> | |||
Most cavernous hepatic hemangiomas are treated only if there is persistent [[pain]]. | Most cavernous hepatic hemangiomas are treated only if there is persistent [[pain]]. | ||
Treatment for [[infantile hemangioendothelioma]] depends on the child's growth and development. The following medical treatments may be needed: | Treatment for [[infantile hemangioendothelioma]] depends on the child's growth and development. The following medical treatments may be needed: | ||
*Medications for [[heart failure]]. | *Medications for [[heart failure]]. | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
{{Reflist| | {{Reflist|}} | ||
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Overview
Medical Therapy
Patients with small hemangiomas (less than 4 cm) are managed by observation, whereas asymptomatic patients are followed up with periodic radiological examination.[1]
Most cavernous hepatic hemangiomas are treated only if there is persistent pain. Treatment for infantile hemangioendothelioma depends on the child's growth and development. The following medical treatments may be needed:
- Medications for heart failure.
References
- ↑ Jones BE, Moore RY (1977). "Ascending projections of the locus coeruleus in the rat. II. Autoradiographic study". Brain Res. 127 (1): 25–53. PMID http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC301051 Check
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