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Multiple hereditary glomangiomas: Successful treatment with sclerotherapy
Author(s) -
Parsi Kurosh,
Kossard Steven
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
australasian journal of dermatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.67
H-Index - 53
eISSN - 1440-0960
pISSN - 0004-8380
DOI - 10.1046/j.1440-0960.2002.00551.x
Subject(s) - sclerotherapy , medicine , surgery , surgical excision , laser treatment , laser , radiology , physics , optics
SUMMARY Glomangiomas are characterized by cavernous vascular channels surrounded by glomus cells. Multiple glomangiomas, although usually painless, can be a few centimetres in size and appear as blue phlebectatic lesions. Surgical excision of multiple glomangiomas can lead to scarring and recurrences. Laser treatment using vascular lasers and CO 2 lasers has been useful in small, superficial lesions. We present the successful sclerotherapy treatment of multiple glomangiomas using sodium tetradecyl sulphate in a 59‐year‐old man who presented with postoperative recurrence of multiple lesions.