title: [Local injection of bleomycin A 5 in children with hemangiomas. Analysis of 210 cases].
abstract: 210 children with hemangiomas were treated by local injection of Bleomycin A5. Bleomycin A5 was effective in all patients with strawberry and mixed hemangiomas, 91.2% of patients with cavernous hemangiomas, 44.4% of patients with port-wine stain. There was no response in pampiniform hemangioma. The therapeutic mechanism, indications and complications of the new method for treatment of hemangioma are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Guangzhou Children's Hospital.
authors.forename: Q T
authors.initials: QT
authors.lastname: Zheng
mesh_terms: D000903:Antibiotics, Antineoplastic / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D001761:Bleomycin / Q000008:administration & dosage* / Q000031:analogs & derivatives; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006258:Head and Neck Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy*; D006391:Hemangioma / Q000188:drug therapy*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D015552:Injections, Intralesional; D008297:Male
chemical_list: D000903:Antibiotics, Antineoplastic; D001761:Bleomycin; C025703:bleomycetin