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==Overview==
==Overview==
* There is no medical treatment for lymphangioma; however propranolol is a potential option, which can be used in intractable lymphangiomatosis.
* There is no medical treatment for lymphangioma; the mainstay of therapy is surgery.  
* Sodium tetradecyl sulfate is an off lable option for treatment of lymphangioma circumscriptum.


==Medical Therapy==
==Medical Therapy==
There is no medical treatment for lymphangioma; the mainstay of therapy is surgery.
There is no medical treatment for lymphangioma; the mainstay of therapy is surgery.
* However propranolol is a potential option, which can be used in intractable lymphangiomatosis.<ref name="pmid1533">{{cite journal |vauthors=Sack M, Cassidy JT, Bole GG, Vinar O |title=Prognostic factors in polyarteritis |journal=J. Rheumatol. |volume=2 |issue=4 |pages=411–20 |date=December 1975 |pmid=1533 |doi= |url=}}</ref>
* Sodium tetradecyl sulfate is an off lable option for treatment of lymphangioma circumscriptum.<ref name="pmid1524">{{cite journal |vauthors=Moos F, Richard P, Sugiura M, Iwasaki K, Kato R |title=[Adrenergic and cholinergic control of oxytocin release evoked by vaginal, vagal and mammary stimulation in lactating rats (author's transl)] |language=French |journal=J. Physiol. (Paris) |volume=70 |issue=3 |pages=315–32 |date=November 1975 |pmid=1524 |doi= |url=}}</ref>


==References==
==References==

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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1] Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Haytham Allaham, M.D. [2]

Overview

  • There is no medical treatment for lymphangioma; the mainstay of therapy is surgery.

Medical Therapy

There is no medical treatment for lymphangioma; the mainstay of therapy is surgery.

  • However propranolol is a potential option, which can be used in intractable lymphangiomatosis.[1]
  • Sodium tetradecyl sulfate is an off lable option for treatment of lymphangioma circumscriptum.[2]

References

  1. Sack M, Cassidy JT, Bole GG, Vinar O (December 1975). "Prognostic factors in polyarteritis". J. Rheumatol. 2 (4): 411–20. PMID 1533.
  2. Moos F, Richard P, Sugiura M, Iwasaki K, Kato R (November 1975). "[Adrenergic and cholinergic control of oxytocin release evoked by vaginal, vagal and mammary stimulation in lactating rats (author's transl)]". J. Physiol. (Paris) (in French). 70 (3): 315–32. PMID 1524.


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