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.

Medical Therapy

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

References

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↑ Moos F, Richard P, Sugiura M, Iwasaki K, Kato R (November 1975). “[Adrenergic and cholinergic control of oxytocin release evoked by vaginal, vagal and mammary stimulation in lactating rats (author’s transl)]”. J. Physiol. (Paris) (in French). 70 (3): 315–32. PMID 1524.
↑ Rajasingham R, Bell JL, Baron DN (1971). “A comparative study of the isoenzymes of mammalian alpha-amylase”. Enzyme. 12 (2): 180–6. PMID 5556746.

Overview