Purpose: Bleomycin is an antibiotic medication that inhibits the synthesis of DNA, RNA, and proteins and is now used in a variety of medical conditions including vascular anomalies. The aim of this study was to evaluate the clinical efficacy of transmucosal intralesional injection of bleomycin in the management of tongue lymphatic malformations. Method: A single institutional case series was pr...

BACKGROUND/AIM There are different modalities for management of infantile hemangiomas (IHs). In this report, our aim is to evaluate whether intralesional corticosteroid treatment is associated with systemic side effects and whether this is an effective treatment modality for IH. MATERIALS AND METHODS Six children treated with intralesional corticosteroids for problematic hemangiomas were incl...

background: results of various studies suggest that the hypertrophic and keloid scars are highly prevalent in the general population and are irritating both physically and mentally. objective: considering the variety of existing therapies, intense pulsed light (ipl) method along with corticosteroid injection was evaluated in treating these scars. materials and methods: 86 subjects were included...

PURPOSE To evaluate the outcome of visual internal urethrotomy with a holmium:yttrium-aluminum-garnet laser along with intralesional triamcinolone injection. MATERIALS AND METHODS Patients with an anterior urethral stricture less than 3 cm in length were evaluated by clinical history, physical examination, uroflowmetry, and retrograde urethrogram preoperatively. All patients were treated with...

<p class="abstract"><strong>Background:</strong> Warts are one of the most common benign growths skin caused by human papilloma virus. No single treatment has proved to be completely effective and therapies for palmo-plantar periungual warts remain unsatisfactory. The present study was conducted evaluate therapeutic efficacy safety intralesional bleomycin injection in patients...

BACKGROUND The aim of this review was to explore the existing body of literature focusing on the intralesional treatments of keloids and hypertrophic scars. METHODS A comprehensive systematic review of related articles was conducted across multiple databases. Article selection was limited to those published in the English language between 1950 and 2014. Search terms for the on-line research w...