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Update on hemangiomas and vascular malformations of the head and neck

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Although the current classification systems of vascular malformations and hemangiomas are increasingly accepted, there are nonetheless several aspects that show us how special and at the same time difficult it is to diagnose, evaluate, and treat some of those diseases. Close interdisciplinary cooperation of all involved disciplines is essential; the discussion of the adequate individual procedure must be performed in angioma boards, as it is already well established in the context of tumor boards. The interface of angioma therapy and tumor therapy seems to be very close, which is certainly true for the aspect of angiogenesis and of course for the inhibited proliferation as promising therapeutic approach of complex vascular malformations. This leads to another obvious necessity of intensifying experimental scientific research on vascular malformations and hemangiomas, which is a precondition for optimizing or elimination of different current problems and deficits in the mentioned field.

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  1. Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Philipps University of Marburg, Deutschhausstr. 3, 35037, Marburg, Germany

    Behfar Eivazi & Jochen A. Werner

  2. Clinic of Pediatric Surgery, Paracelsus Medical University, 5020, Salzburg, Austria

    Mircia Ardelean

  3. Department of Dermatology, University of Regensburg, 93042, Regensburg, Germany

    Wolfgang Bäumler

  4. Elisabeth Klinik, Abt. Lasermedizin, Lützowstr. 24-26, 10785, Berlin, Germany

    Hans-Peter Berlien

  5. Netzwerk interdisziplinäre pädiatrische Dermatologie e.V. (NipD), Dittmarstr. 54, 74074, Heilbronn, Germany

    Hansjörg Cremer

  6. Cincinnati Children’s Hospital, Cincinnati, OH, USA

    Ravindhra Elluru & Gresham Richter

  7. Division of Pediatric Otolaryngology, School of Medicine, Stanford University, 801 Welch Rd, Stanford, CA, 94305, USA

    Peter Koltai

  8. Department of Otolaryngology/Head and Neck Surgery, Haukeland University Hospital, 5021, Bergen, Norway

    Jan Olofsson

  9. Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Saarland University Hospital, Kirrberger Str., 66421, Homburg, Germany

    Bernhard Schick

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Eivazi, B., Ardelean, M., Bäumler, W. et al. Update on hemangiomas and vascular malformations of the head and neck. Eur Arch Otorhinolaryngol 266, 187–197 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00405-008-0875-6

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