title: Management of visceral vascular anomalies.
abstract: Vascular malformations affect the viscera less commonly than the head and neck, extremities, and extra-cavitary soft tissues. They present with a wide spectrum of symptoms and findings including pain, respiratory compromise, hemoptysis, chylothorax, ascites, gastrointestinal bleeding, and obstruction. Management options depend upon the subtype of malformation and anatomic extent and may include sclerotherapy, embolization, surgical extirpation, coloanal pull-through, and occasionally more innovative individualized surgical approaches.
authors.affiliation: Division of Pediatric General and Thoracic Surgery, Cincinnati Children׳s Medical Center, University of Cincinnati, 3333 Burnett Ave, Cincinnati, Ohio 45229. Electronic address: roshni.dasgupta@cchmc.org.
authors.forename: Roshni
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Dasgupta
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatric Surgery, Boston Children׳s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.
authors.forename: Steven J
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Fishman
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D044148:Lymphatic Abnormalities / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy; D054079:Vascular Malformations / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy; D014680:Veins / Q000002:abnormalities*; D014781:Viscera / Q000002:abnormalities*
keywords: Blue rubber bleb nevus syndrome; CLOVES syndrome; Klippel–Trenaunay syndrome; Visceral vascular anomalies