Haemangiomas of the parotid gland in children

Emergency parotidectomy for expansile cavernous hemangioma

“…Parotidectomy should be performed only when the hemangioma has grown rapidly to a large size. In adults, parotidectomy is always performed while preserving the facial nerve (Scarcella etal, 1965;Chong et al, 1975;Tresserra et al, 1977). Backus and De Felice (1957) described a six-year-old boy in whom enlargement of the parotid hemangioma could be produced by valsalva manoeuvres or by pressure on the neck veins.…”

Surgery combined with copper wire implantation in the management of cavernous orofacial haemangiomas

“…1 It is well documented that some of these congenital haemangiomas regress spontaneously. 1,[5][6][7] Figure 1 shows a haemangioma at birth which regressed completely by the seventh month. Longacre et al,7 explained the tendency of regression as a consequence of an infarction mechanism and blood clot form at i o n , which undergoes further fibrous transform at i o n , thus producing obstruction of the vascular lumina.…”