Phlebologie 2013; 42(02): 77-80
DOI: 10.12687/phleb2129_2_2013
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Better quality of life after foam sclerosis of a vascular malformation following multiple surgery

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A. L. Recke
1   Klinik für Dermatologie, Allergologie und Venerologie, Universität zu Lübeck
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N. Devereux
1   Klinik für Dermatologie, Allergologie und Venerologie, Universität zu Lübeck
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B. Kahle
1   Klinik für Dermatologie, Allergologie und Venerologie, Universität zu Lübeck
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Eingereicht: 07. Dezember 2012

Angenommen: 27. Februar 2013

Publikationsdatum:
04. Januar 2018 (online)

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Summary

Vascular malformations present a therapeutic challenge due to their rarity and heterogeneous clinical presentation. In the present case report the authors discuss a 46-year-old female patient who had undergone a number of operations for an extensive and very painful venous malformation. Eventually she was successfully treated by several doses of a foam sclerosing agent.

This achieved remarkably rapid, long-term pain reduction and improved her quality of life. The case demonstrates that foam sclero-therapy is a satisfactory treatment option with few adverse effects for anatomically unclear malformations that can no longer be treated surgically.

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