title: On combination treatment of hemangiomas in childhood.
abstract: We present 18 children with torso hemangiomas of predominant facial location in whom a combination treatment was used because of the rapid infiltrative growth, critical location and extent of the hemangiomas. The combinations of treatments used were: surgery plus sclerotherapy in three of the children; surgery plus corticosteroids--in three children; surgery plus cryotherapy in one; surgery, hormonal treatment and cryotherapy in one child; cryotherapy plus sclerotherapy in five children; cryotherapy plus hormonal treatment in two, beta-therapy and cryotherapy in three children. We assess the results of the treatments and discuss in details the combined treatment of giant hemangiomas in five children.
authors.affiliation: Clinic of Pediatric Surgery, Medical University, Plovdiv, Bulgaria.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Stefanova
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Chatalbashev
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Anastasov
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D005153:Facial Neoplasms / Q000628:therapy*; D005260:Female; D006391:Hemangioma / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012189:Retrospective Studies