title: Two cases of hemangioma of the upper lip in infants--treatment using the Nd: YAG laser.
abstract: We report here two cases of treatment of upper lip hemangioma in infants, in which the Nd:YAG laser had a significant therapeutic effect. Case 1 was a 3-month-old male with swelling of the upper lip as the chief complaint. After galvano-caustic was performed under general anesthesia, sclerosing agent injection therapy (6 times, total 4.5 ml) was continued for 2 months. But the tumor was still growing about 2 years later, so resection was performed with Nd:YAG laser under general anesthesia. Case 2 was a 1-month-old male, also with swelling of the upper lip as the chief complaint. Resection was performed with Nd:YAG laser under general anesthesia. But the tumor was still growing about 4 months later, so it was repeated. The patients made satisfactory prognosis. Histologically, the final diagnoses of two cases were capillary hemangioma.
authors.affiliation: Aichi-Gakuin University, School of Dentistry.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Imai
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Matsuo
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Yamashita
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ito
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kamiya
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Mizuno
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Takai
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Fukaya
mesh_terms: D006391:Hemangioma / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D053685:Laser Therapy; D008048:Lip Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D008855:Microscopy, Electron, Scanning