Open AccessAqueous intralesional bleomycin sclerotherapy in lymphatic malformation: Our experience with children and adult
Author(s) -
Ankur Bhatnagar,
Vijai Datta Upadhyaya,
Basant Kumar,
Zafar Neyaz,
Ajay Kushwaha
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
national journal of maxillofacial surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2229-3418
pISSN - 0975-5950
DOI - 10.4103/njms.njms_6_17
Subject(s) - medicine , sclerotherapy , bleomycin , surgery , lymphatic system , cyst , radiology , chemotherapy , pathology
Lymphatic malformations (LMs) are aberrant proliferation of sequestrated lymphatic vessels during early embryogenesis and do not communicate directly with the general lymphatic system. The absence of vascular flow is the hallmark of LMs and is usually symptomless apart from painless disfiguring mass with concerns regarding cosmesis.