[Treatment of eyelid hemangioma in children with intralesional steroid injection].
Infantile hemangiomas affect about 5% (3-10%) of the population, showing a predilection for the face. Infants with hemangiomas of the eyelid are at risk amblyopia and strabismus. This is also a cosmetic defect. Several methods of treating these tumors have been associated with many complications. The use of intralesional steroid injections seems to be a simple, safe and effective method of treating hemangiomas of the eyelid in children.
Wróblewska
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II Kliniki Okulistyki AM w Lublinie.
Toczołowski
J
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D000293:Adolescent; D000305:Adrenal Cortex Hormones / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D005142:Eyelid Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006391:Hemangioma / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D015552:Injections, Intralesional; D016896:Treatment Outcome
D000305:Adrenal Cortex Hormones