CASE REPORT
Management of an Extensive Vascular Lesion on the Lip by Photocoagulation with High-Intensity Diode Laser
Luciane H. Azevedo1, Dante Migliari2, *
Article Information
Identifiers and Pagination:
Year: 2017Volume: 11
First Page: 242
Last Page: 246
Publisher ID: TODENTJ-11-242
DOI: 10.2174/1874210601711010242
Article History:
Received Date: 18/01/2017Revision Received Date: 06/04/2017
Acceptance Date: 18/04/2017
Electronic publication date: 16/05/2017
Collection year: 2017
open-access license: This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License (CC-BY 4.0), a copy of which is available at: (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode). This license permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
Abstract
Objective:
Extensive vascular malformations (VM) pose difficulties for an effective management.
Introduction:
This article describes a very satisfactory result, both functional and aesthetic, following a management by the technique of photocoagulation using diode laser in an extensive VM lesion involving the lower lip and left buccal mucosa in a 25 year old male.
Case report:
The patient reported that the lesion had been present since birth. The whole treatment, carried out under local anesthesia, spread over 6 months since as many as 4 sessions of laser, with a 1.5-month interval in each, were required. The resting period between sessions played an important part in treatment by allowing a time for the recovery of the patient and the shrinking of the lesion.
Conclusion:
The patient had no complications during the laser sessions, and his postoperative period was uneventful. No recurrence has been seen after a 2.5-year follow-up.
