1. Value of radiofrequency ablation in the management of retropharyngeal lymphatic malformation
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Vincent Couloigner, Quentin Lisan, Marine Parodi, Nicolas Leboulanger, Marie Julie Blouin, Erea-Noel Garabedian, and Aude Villepelet
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Male ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Otorhinolaryngologic Surgical Procedures ,Radiofrequency ablation ,medicine.medical_treatment ,Catheter ablation ,Asymptomatic ,law.invention ,03 medical and health sciences ,0302 clinical medicine ,law ,030225 pediatrics ,medicine ,Humans ,Child ,030223 otorhinolaryngology ,Retrospective Studies ,Lymphatic Abnormalities ,business.industry ,Pharynx ,Infant ,Cystic hygroma ,General Medicine ,medicine.disease ,Dysphagia ,Surgery ,medicine.anatomical_structure ,Lymphatic system ,Otorhinolaryngology ,Head and Neck Neoplasms ,Child, Preschool ,Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health ,Catheter Ablation ,Female ,Lymphangioma, Cystic ,Radiology ,medicine.symptom ,Tomography, X-Ray Computed ,business - Abstract
Lymphatic malformations are benign malformations frequently occurring in the head and neck. Retropharyngeal location is rare, can be life threating and its management is particularly challenging. Over a three-year period, three patients presented with symptomatic (dyspnea and/or dysphagia) retropharyngeal lymphatic malformation. All were treated using a radiofrequency ablation of lymphatic malformation through a trans-oral approach. No major complications occurred following the surgery. During the follow-up, no recurrence was noted and all patients were asymptomatic. Radiofrequency ablation in the management of retropharyngeal lymphatic malformations is a simple technique with very good results and allows a fast recovery with minimum morbidity and a short hospital stay.
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- 2016
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