Cystic Hygroma: An Overview

Cystic hygromas are the cystic variety of lymphangioma, common locations being cervico-facial regions and axilla. Respiratory distress, recurrent infections or cosmetic reasons are the main indications of the treatment. The ideal treatment is complete surgical excision; however, there is a gradual c...

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Autores principales: Mirza, Bilal, Ijaz, Lubna, Saleem, Muhammad, Sharif, Muhammad, Sheikh, Afzal
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2010
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Review Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3047730/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21430825
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0974-2077.74488
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author Mirza, Bilal
Ijaz, Lubna
Saleem, Muhammad
Sharif, Muhammad
Sheikh, Afzal
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description Cystic hygromas are the cystic variety of lymphangioma, common locations being cervico-facial regions and axilla. Respiratory distress, recurrent infections or cosmetic reasons are the main indications of the treatment. The ideal treatment is complete surgical excision; however, there is a gradual conversion towards sclerosant therapy. This article reviews the current literature and discusses the various problems encountered during the management of these lesions.
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spelling pubmed-30477302011-03-22 Cystic Hygroma: An Overview Mirza, Bilal Ijaz, Lubna Saleem, Muhammad Sharif, Muhammad Sheikh, Afzal J Cutan Aesthet Surg Review Article Cystic hygromas are the cystic variety of lymphangioma, common locations being cervico-facial regions and axilla. Respiratory distress, recurrent infections or cosmetic reasons are the main indications of the treatment. The ideal treatment is complete surgical excision; however, there is a gradual conversion towards sclerosant therapy. This article reviews the current literature and discusses the various problems encountered during the management of these lesions. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2010 /pmc/articles/PMC3047730/ /pubmed/21430825 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0974-2077.74488 Text en Copyright: © Journal of Cutaneous and Aesthetic Surgery http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3047730/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21430825
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0974-2077.74488
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