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Volume 2 Issue 3 (July-September, 2014)

Case Reports

MANAGEMENT OF HEMANGIOMAS USING INTRA LESIONAL CORTICOSTEROIDS- CASE REPORT OF TWO CASES
Tajinder Bansal, Ruchika Bansal, Jethender Reddy Kubbi, Satvinder Singh, Rajesh Gupta, Irfana Khurasheed

Hemangiomas are the most common tumours of infancy, occurring in 5% to 10% of 1-year old children. They are much more common in females than males, and they occur more frequently in whites than in other racial groups. The most common location is the head and neck, which accounts for 60% of all cases. Eighty percent of hemangiomas occur as single lesions, but 20% of affected patients will have multiple tumours. Most hemangiomas of the tongue are asymptomatic; they could sometimes cause significant bleeding, pain or difficulty in chewing, speaking and swallowing. Here we report of two case of hemangioma of the tongue treated with Sodium Tetradecyl Sulfate.

 
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