[Diagnosis and treatment of subcutaneous cavernous hemangioma with color Doppler ultrasonography].
OBJECTIVE
To discuss clinical application of the color Doppler ultrasonography in diagnosis and treatment of cavernous hemangioma in deep subcutaneous tissue.


METHODS
From 1996, 15 cases of cavernous hemangioma were diagnosed and located with color Doppler ultrasonography and were embolized under monitoring of the ultrasonography or resected by operation before re-examination of the hemangioma via the color Doppler ultrasonography after the intervention.


RESULTS
Direct embolization was achieved in 10 cases after pinpoint location of the hemangioma by the ultrasonography, and guided embolization was performed successfully in 2 cases via the monitoring of ultrasonography, and operation had to be adopted to remove the focus. No reoccurrence of the hemangioma was observed in all the cases.


CONCLUSIONS
Cavernous hemangioma in deep subcutaneous tissue could be easily diagnosed and located with color Doppler ultrasonography, and could be removed by embolization under monitoring of the ultrasonography successfully.
Li
Bi
B
Department of Plastic Surgery, 3rd Hospital of Beijing Medical University, Beijing, P. R. China 100083.
Niu
Xing-tao
XT
Wang
Da-mei
DM
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000792:Angiography; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004621:Embolization, Therapeutic; D005121:Extremities; D005260:Female; D006392:Hemangioma, Cavernous / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012983:Soft Tissue Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000628:therapy*; D018615:Ultrasonography, Doppler, Color