[Stripping operation for auricular angioma].
OBJECTIVE
To improve the treatment of auricular angioma.


METHODS
Twelve cases of auricular angioma were clinically analyzed and several treatments compared.


RESULTS
Eight of 12 cases were cured by the stripping operation, in which 7 cases had histories of recurrences with other methods. The lesions in 3 of 12 cases were controlled with the current treatments. The auricular in one case was totally excised due to the auricular fester, infection and necrosis of the cartilage. The cervico-facial trunk of facial nerve in one case during the stripping operation was surgically injured and sutured immediately by the end to end anastomosis. Facial paralysis disappeared half year after the operation. These cases were followed up from 8 months to 4 years. Only one case had local recurrence.


CONCLUSIONS
Stripping operation can provide radical cure and is recommended for the treatment of auricular angioma.
Wang
J
J
Chinese PLA General Hospital, Beijing 100853.
Huang
D
D
Yang
W
W
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D004428:Ear Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D004431:Ear, External / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006391:Hemangioma / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013514:Surgical Procedures, Operative / Q000379:methods