title: The use of ultrasound-assisted liposuction in the treatment of an involuted hemangioma.
abstract: The authors report a case of a large, residual involuted hemangioma of the facial region in a 10-year-old girl. Ultrasound-assisted liposuction was used to debulk the tumor mass and to avoid the possibility of inadvertent iatrogenic damage to the facial nerve during surgical excision.
authors.affiliation: Department of Plastic Surgery, University of Virginia Health Sciences Center, Charlottesville 22908, USA.
authors.forename: M D
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Fisher
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bridges
authors.forename: K Y
authors.initials: KY
authors.lastname: Lin
mesh_terms: D002610:Cheek / Q000601:surgery; D002648:Child; D005153:Facial Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006391:Hemangioma / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D015187:Lipectomy / Q000379:methods*; D018365:Neoplasm, Residual / Q000601:surgery*; D014464:Ultrasonic Therapy