title: [Vascular malformations: the need for a multidisciplinary treatment. Considerations on a clinical case].
abstract: The case reported here is a paradigm of a complex vascular malformation with a therapeutic approach which involved both vascular radiology and surgery. The case came to our attention in 1999 and consisted in a tumefaction of the left gluteal region in a 14-year-old female. The lesion had previously been evaluated by ultrasonography and magnetic resonance imaging. The lesion was described as a dysplastic malformation with a high vascular factor. After angiography, we decided to embolize the mass. A second embolization also yielded no result, and therefore we decided to remove the dysplasia surgically. The dysplasia, however, was resolved only in 2001 after a third embolization. Because of the multiple types of symptoms, a multidisciplinary approach is required to obtain both a correct classification and treatment of the vascular malformations.
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento di Scienze Chirurgiche e Tecnologie Mediche Applicate, Università degli Studi La Sapienza di Roma.
authors.forename: Edoardo
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Eleuteri
authors.forename: Marcello
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Coppola
authors.forename: Giuseppe
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Midiri
authors.forename: Claudio
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Amanti
authors.forename: Vassilios
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Papaspyropoulos
authors.forename: Laura
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Scardella
authors.forename: Marco
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Di Giovan Paolo
authors.forename: Licinio
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Angelini
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002081:Buttocks; D005260:Female; D006392:Hemangioma, Cavernous / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D010348:Patient Care Team; D011859:Radiography; D012983:Soft Tissue Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D014656:Vascular Surgical Procedures