For citation: Komelyagin D.Yu., Petukhov A.V., Ivanov A.V., Fokin E.I., Fokina T.V., Dubin S.A., Vladimirov F.I., Yamatina S.V., Khaspekov D.V., Pasechnikov A.V., Vafina H.Y. Treatment of a child with extensive lymphovenous malformation in the head and neck area. Head and neck Russian Journal. 2019;7(1):29–41 (in Russian).
Doi: 10.25792/HN.2019.7.1.29–41
Extensive lymphatic and lymphovenous malformations of the head and neck in children are usually the severe hereditary abnormalities of lymphatic and venous vessels. There is a number of important questions concerning such patients’ treatment, which, however, have no full answers in the modern medical literature: when and how widely the abnormal tissues should be remove. The authors present a clinical example of treating a child with an extensive diffuse lymphovenous malformation of the right head and neck part.
Key word: lymphatic malformation, lymphovenous malformation, sclerosing therapy (sclerotherapy), lymphangioma, gemlymphangioma, surgical treatment of malformations, children.
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For citation: Komelyagin D.Yu., Petukhov A.V., Ivanov A.V., Fokin E.I., Fokina T.V., Dubin S.A., Vladimirov F.I., Yamatina S.V., Khaspekov D.V., Pasechnikov A.V., Vafina H.Y. Treatment of a child with extensive lymphovenous malformation in the head and neck area. Head and neck Russian Journal. 2019;7(1):29–41 (in Russian).
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