Lymphatic malformations: Current status

Current status of radiosurgery for arteriovenous malformations.

Cerebral arteriovenous malformations (AVM), regardless of the mode of discovery, have an annual risk of hemorrhage of approximately 4 percent. A progressive obliterative vasculitis culminating in the occlusion of an AVM may be induced by the administration of radiation doses of approximately 20 Gy given in a single fraction. The process takes about two years and occlusion occurs in approximatel...

Arteriovenous malformations: current status of surgery.

Lymphatic Malformations of the Orbit

OBJECTIVES Lymphatic malformations of the orbit are rare lesions that constitute approximately 1% to 8% of all orbital masses. They are difficult to treat since they do not remain within anatomic boundaries and tend to penetrate into normal orbital structures. The aim was to analyze clinical courses and therapy options in patients with lymphatic malformations of the orbit. METHODS Thirteen pa...

Elimination of Lymphatic Filariasis – Current Status and Way Ahead

National Filaria Control programme in India was launched in 1955 to delimit the problem and implement detection and treatment of microfilaria carriers and disease cases with Diethylcarbamazine tablets and antilarval measures in selected urban areas covering about 53 million people. Global programme to eliminate Lymphatic Filariasis came into existence in 2000 consequent to the resolution of Wor...

Lymphatic malformations: a proposed management algorithm.

OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to develop a management algorithm for cervicofacial lymphatic malformations, based on the authors' experience in managing these lesions as well as current literature on the subject. STUDY DESIGN AND METHODS A retrospective medical record review of all the patients treated for lymphatic malformations at our institution during a 10-year period (1998-2008) was...