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DO HAEMANGIOMAS RESOLVE
SPONTANEOUSLY?
The answer of the question is yes in general. The problem is what
the doctors did not mention is ‘what is resolving or healing’. The hae-
mangiomas grow until the age 1, remain stable between 12-18 months
and begin to get smaller later. This period goes until 9 years of age.
After then, there will not be any change in the residual lesion. They
leave scar tissue according to their final size and besides bleeding or
infection will have an influence on the scarring. Most of them need
surgical reconstruction.
I. Ü.
Birth Date : 13.06.2012
Admission Date: 15.12.2012
Age at Diagnosis : 6 months
City
: Ankara
‘The swelling of the eyelid began when she was 3 mont-
hs-old. They were informed by another medical and resear-
ch center that it would regress until the age of 5 to 6 years.
The haemangioma leading to a defect in visual field should be
treated so current treatment was recommended to the
family by our institution. The result was good enough.
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