title: Sclerotherapy followed by surgery for the treatment of oral hemangioma: a report of two cases.
abstract: Hemangiomas, vascular malformations, and varices are common benign vascular lesions in the head and neck region. They can occur in the mouth and primarily affect the lips, tongue, buccal mucosa, and palate. The main types of treatments are surgery and intralesional injection of sclerosant agents. However, other therapies have been considered, such as systemic corticosteroids, laser therapy, interferon a, and cryotherapy. Currently, sclerotherapy is employed largely because of its efficiency and ability to conserve the surrounded tissues. Surgery can be used exclusively or associated with sclerotherapy in lesions that do not show complete resolution. This article describes the cases of two patients with oral hemangiomas that were submitted to sclerotherapy with ethanolamine oleate. Although an important decrease was detected after seven applications in both cases, surgical resection of the residual lesion was performed to achieve optimal results.
authors: Department of Oral Diagnosis, Piracicaba Dental School, University of Campinas, SP, Brazil.
authors: Fernanda Viviane
authors: FV
authors: Mariano
authors: Pablo Agustin
authors: PA
authors: Vargas
authors: Ricardo
authors: R
authors: Della Coletta
authors: Marcio Ajudarte
authors: MA
authors: Lopes
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006391:Hemangioma / Q000601:surgery / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D015552:Injections, Intralesional; D008048:Lip Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery / Q000628:therapy; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009061:Mouth Mucosa / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D009062:Mouth Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery / Q000628:therapy*; D020360:Neoadjuvant Therapy; D009829:Oleic Acids / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000627:therapeutic use; D012597:Sclerosing Solutions / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D015911:Sclerotherapy / Q000379:methods*
chemical_list: D009829:Oleic Acids; D012597:Sclerosing Solutions; C033343:ethanolamine oleate