Wounds and Ulcers Associated with Vascular Malformations—Embolization and Sclerotherapy
摘要
Vascular anomalies are categorized into vascular malformations and vascular tumors. Skin defects and ulcerations occur in many vascular tumors (up to 25% in infantile hæmangiomas). Though rare in vascular malformations, superficial erosions (intertriginous dermatitis) are seen in lymphatic malformations and frank ulcerations can occur in arterio-venous malformation (AVM). These ulcerations are difficult to heal. Excision with skin grafting or Interventional Radiological (IR) approaches can be a treatment option. The efficiency of IR approach is illustrated in three patients with AVMs and in one case of venous malformation. In one case presentation, a large ulcer occurred on an amputated foot stump associated with a complex AVM. The treatment was by embolo-therapy alone. In other two cases there were digital (finger) AVMs and in one case it was a venous malformation of the second toe. All lesions were associated with small punctate ulcers and were treated by sclerotherapy.