Polidocanol sclerotherapy for intraoral hemangioma of buccal mucosa: a rare case report

Abstract

The term hemangioma derives from the Greek word, "hema" which expresses blood, "angio" implies vessel, "oma" corresponds to tumor. A hemangioma is a type of an innocuous lesion of blood vessels or vascular components defined by a proliferative growth stage and a very prolonged involutive stage. The prevalence of hemangiomas is estimated to be around 2-3% in neonates, 10-12% in the first year of life, and 22-30% found amongst babies whose weight is less than 1000g at the time of birth. Most of the hemangiomas occur as single lesion. Peripheral hemangiomas treated by surgical excision is an example of gold standard treatment for hemangiomas. Alternatively sclerosing solutions may be used as they obliterate blood vessels, thereby leading to fibrosis and disappearance of the hemangioma. It is relatively uncommon in the oral cavity. Polidocanol (aethoxysklerol) is a detergent solution which act by causing localized inflammatory reaction.