Vascular tumors: 30-year inventory.
The author discusses the problems in treating noninvoluting hemangiomas, especially with embolization with superselective angiography combined with surgery. A long-term evolution of these surgically treated cases revealed many unhappy patients with numerous psychosocial problems including difficulty coping with the outside world.
D001165:Arteriovenous Malformations / Q000601:surgery / Q000628:therapy; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004621:Embolization, Therapeutic; D005145:Face / Q000098:blood supply; D005153:Facial Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006391:Hemangioma / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008875:Middle Aged