The use of ultrasound-assisted liposuction in the treatment of an involuted hemangioma.
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.
Fisher
M D
MD
Department of Plastic Surgery, University of Virginia Health Sciences Center, Charlottesville 22908, USA.
Bridges
M
M
Lin
K Y
KY
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