[Periorbital capillary hemangiomas in children--treatment and monitoring of treatment].
OBJECTIVE
The purpose of the paper is to present the possibility of treatment of periorbital capillary hemangiomas in infancy.


METHODS
Doppler colour ultrasonography was used as a method of diagnosis and monitoring of the treatment. The material comprised 11 patients aged from 1 month to 3 years. In 6 cases local corticosteroid injections were applied, in 3 cases surgical treatment was performed, out of which 1 additionally received steroid.


RESULTS
Results of the treatment were satisfactory in all patients. No serious complications were observed.


CONCLUSIONS
Basing on these cases, the authors confirmed the opinion that intralesional corticosteroid injection is the method of choice in the treatment of periorbital infantile hemangiomas. The authors indicate the usefulness of Doppler colour ultrasonography in diagnosis, demonstrating the extent of lesions and monitoring the response to therapy.
Orawiec
B
B
Oddziału Okulistyki Centrum Zdrowia Matki Polki w Lodzi.
Stefańczyk
L
L
Czajkowski
J
J
Bogorodzki
B
B
Grałek
M
M
D000305:Adrenal Cortex Hormones / Q000008:administration & dosage; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005153:Facial Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000628:therapy*; D005260:Female; D018324:Hemangioma, Capillary / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D015552:Injections, Intralesional; D009918:Orbital Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000628:therapy*; D018615:Ultrasonography, Doppler, Color
D000305:Adrenal Cortex Hormones