[Venous malformations in the head and neck should be treated]

Vascular lesions are tumours or malformations. Haemangioma is the most common tumour. It disappears at the age of seven. Malformations may be arterial, capillary, venous, arteriovenous, lymphatic or mixed. The vascular malformations do not disappear. There are several options for treating venous or lymphatic malformations. One of them is sclerosing therapy with Sotradecol by direct puncture. We have 15 years' experience of this method but present only the last 60 patients, treated between 1997 and 2001. Excellent or good results were seen in 59 patients. No permanent complications occurred. It is important to know the nomenclature and the different options for treatment as discussed in the International Society for the Study of Vascular Anomalies.