title: [Preoperative embolization of angiomas of the face. Remote angiographic results].
abstract: Preoperative embolization was performed on 27 patients with facial angiomas supplied by the external carotid branches. Sixteen were males and 11 females; 13 of these angiomas were high-flow arteriovenous (A-V), 14 were low-flow capillary malformations. Fourteen patients underwent surgical removal after preoperative embolization; in this group embolization was carried out with Spongel in 3 cases and with Lyodura in 11 cases. In 12 of these patients the last angiographic examination was performed 3-6 years later: angiography evidenced no recurrence in 8 cases (67%), while in 3 cases (25%) there was capillary residual angioma of negligible size. Treatment was unsuccessful in one patient only, due to the large recurrent A-V angioma. Thirteen patients underwent embolization only, which was carried out with Lyodura in 10 cases, and with Ivalon in 3 cases. On 12 of these patients the last angiographic study was performed 2-14 months later: there was recurrent A-V angioma in 5 patients (42%), who underwent a subsequent embolization; angiography evidenced no recurrence in the other 7 patients (58%). In both series, the best results were obtained in the patients with low-flow capillary angiomas. Embolization and subsequent surgical removal are the treatment of choice for facial angiomas; embolization alone is useful in the management of surgically inaccessible vascular malformations, and it can be the only treatment in patients with small low-flow angiomas when distal occlusion of the feeding vessels with Lyodura or Ivalon particles is performed.
authors.affiliation: Istituto di Radiologia, Università, Parma.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Cusmano
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Bruschi
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: De Donatis
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Piazza
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Bassi
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001165:Arteriovenous Malformations / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D002648:Child; D004621:Embolization, Therapeutic; D005153:Facial Neoplasms / Q000098:blood supply / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery / Q000628:therapy*; D005260:Female; D006391:Hemangioma / Q000098:blood supply / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011859:Radiography
vernacular_title: Embolizzazione prechirurgica di angiomi del viso. Risultati angiografici a distanza.