title: [Medical treatment of juvenile hemangiomas].
abstract: Infantile hemangioma always involute in 5 to 7 years. However, 10% of proliferating hemangiomas will necessitate a therapeutic approach, often medical, in order to avoid life or organ threatening, fonctional or esthetic sequelae. "Which hemangioma need to be treated, when and how" are important questions for the optimal management of infantile hemangiomas. Corticotherapy is still the treatment of choice for these lesions. Other anti-angiogenic molecules have also been successfully used such as interferon alfa-2a and vincristine. This chapter tries to answer these questions and detail the different medical modalities for the treatment of infantile hemangioma.
authors.affiliation: Service de chirurgie plastique, centre des anomalies vasculaires, cliniques universitaires Saint-Luc, 10, avenue Hippocrate, 1200 Bruxelles, Belgique. boon@chir.ucl.ac.be
authors.forename: L-M
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Boon
authors.forename: A-C
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Bataille
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Bernier
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Vermylen
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Verellen
mesh_terms: D000305:Adrenal Cortex Hormones / Q000627:therapeutic use; D020533:Angiogenesis Inhibitors / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000970:Antineoplastic Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000972:Antineoplastic Agents, Phytogenic / Q000627:therapeutic use; D018324:Hemangioma, Capillary / Q000188:drug therapy*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D000077190:Interferon alpha-2; D016898:Interferon-alpha / Q000627:therapeutic use; D053685:Laser Therapy; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy*; D014750:Vincristine / Q000627:therapeutic use
chemical_list: D000305:Adrenal Cortex Hormones; D020533:Angiogenesis Inhibitors; D000970:Antineoplastic Agents; D000972:Antineoplastic Agents, Phytogenic; D000077190:Interferon alpha-2; D016898:Interferon-alpha; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D014750:Vincristine