title: [Experience of a multidisciplinary team in the management of superficial venous malformations: 99 cases].
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Vascular malformations are heterogenous angiodysplasias.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  The aim of this work is to study the epidemiological and clinical features of venous malformations (VM) as well as their multidisciplinary management.
  
  
  METHODS
  It is a retrospective study of patients having simple VM, seen at the multidisciplinary consultation of angiodysplasias of our hospital, over a 10 year period.
  
  
  RESULTS
  This study included 99 patients having VM. A female predominance was noticed. Average age was 18.5 years. VM had mainly cephalic location. All VM were treated with percutaneous sclerotherapy. Aesthetic results were excellent in the cases of small VM size.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  VM are most frequent in cephalic region and cause aesthetic and functional handicaps. Percutaneous sclerotherapy is the treatment of choice for such a venous malformations, especially for small VM. VM are anomalies which can have serious complications. Their management has to be multidisciplinary in order to better precise the diagnosis and to take the adequate therapeutic decision.
authors.affiliation: Service de Dermatologie, Comité multidisciplinaire des angiodysplasies, Hôpital Charles Nicolle, Tunis, Tunisie.
authors.forename: Nadia Ezzine
authors.initials: NE
authors.lastname: Sebai
authors.forename: Talel
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Badri
authors.forename: Hatem
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Rajhi
authors.forename: Aida
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Khaled
authors.forename: Asma
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sioud
authors.forename: Karima
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Zitouni
authors.forename: Radhi
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Hamza
authors.forename: Nejla
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Mnif
authors.forename: Mohamed Ridha
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Kamoun
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001165:Arteriovenous Malformations / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000628:therapy*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010348:Patient Care Team; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D015911:Sclerotherapy; D055815:Young Adult