Lymphangioma medical therapy

Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1] Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Badria Munir M.B.B.S.[2] Haytham Allaham, M.D. [3]

Overview

There is no particular medical treatment for lymphangioma. The mainstay of therapy is surgery.

There is no particular medical treatment for lymphangioma. The mainstay of therapy is surgery:

However, propranolol is a potential option, which can be used in intractable lymphangiomatosis.^[1]
Sodium tetradecyl sulfate is an off-label option for treatment of lymphangioma circumscriptum.^[2]

Other therapies include:^[3]

Destructive treatments with carbon dioxide (CO2) laser
Long-pulsed Nd-YAG laser
Electrosurgery
Cryotherapy
Superficial radiotherapy sclerotherapy with 23.4% hypertonic saline
Direct injection of a sclerosing agent, including 1% or 3% sodium tetradecyl sulfate, doxycycline or ethanol

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↑ Rajasingham R, Bell JL, Baron DN (1971). “A comparative study of the isoenzymes of mammalian alpha-amylase”. Enzyme. 12 (2): 180–6. PMID 5556746.