1. Interdisciplinary Management of Vascular Anomalies in the Head and Neck.
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Mattheis S and Wanke I
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- Humans, Combined Modality Therapy, Embolization, Therapeutic, Head blood supply, Head and Neck Neoplasms therapy, Head and Neck Neoplasms diagnosis, Hemangioma therapy, Hemangioma diagnosis, Interdisciplinary Communication, Intersectoral Collaboration, Patient Care Team, Sclerotherapy, Neck blood supply, Vascular Malformations therapy, Vascular Malformations diagnosis
- Abstract
Vascular anomalies in the head and neck area are usually rare diseases and pose a particular diagnostic and therapeutic challenge. They are divided into vascular tumours and vascular malformations. A distinction is made between benign tumours, such as infantile haemangioma, and rare malignant tumours, such as angiosarcoma. Vascular malformations are categorised as simple malformations, mixed malformations, large vessel anomalies and those associated with other anomalies. Treatment is interdisciplinary and various modalities are available. These include clinical observation, sclerotherapy, embolisation, ablative and coagulating procedures, surgical resection and systemic drug therapy. Treatment is challenging, as vascular anomalies in the head and neck region practically always affect function and aesthetics. A better understanding of the genetic and molecular biological basis of vascular anomalies has recently led to clinical research into targeted drug therapies. This article provides an up-to-date overview of the diagnosis, clinic and treatment of vascular anomalies in the head and neck region., Competing Interests: S.M. gibt folgendes an: Firma Medtronic GmbH, Meerbusch - Dozenten und Beratertätigkeit; Firma Olympus, Hamburg - Dozenten und Beratertätigkeit I.W. gibt an, dass kein Interessenkonflikt besteht., (The Author(s). This is an open access article published by Thieme under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonDerivative-NonCommercial-License, permitting copying and reproduction so long as the original work is given appropriate credit. Contents may not be used for commercial purposes, or adapted, remixed, transformed or built upon. (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).)
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- 2024
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