Sclerotherapy Using Polidocanol: A Conservative Treatment Option for Intra Oral Haemangioma of Buccal Mucosa.

Abstract

The word hemangioma comes from Greek word, ‘hema’ which translates blood, ‘angio’ means vessel, ‘oma’ refers to tumor.(1) The term hemangioma was first given by Sznejder et al in 1973 & was called “Haemorraghic Hemangioma.It was first described by Poncet and Dor in 1897 as Botryomycose humane.(2) Vascular lesions are classified either as hemangiomas or vascular malformations(1).
 Keywords: Sclerotherapy ;Hemangioma ;Polidocanol ;Vascular malformations.