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Escisión de hemangioma - Información general

Nombres alternativos

Escisión de un nevo o lunar (marca de nacimiento)

Definición:

Es una cirugía para extirpar un tumor benigno de los vasos sanguíneos.

Ver también: hemangioma

Descripción:

El procedimiento se hace bajo anestesia general (con la persona profundamente dormida y sin dolor).

El cirujano extirpa el hemangioma. En caso de que éste sea grande, el sitio se puede cubrir con un injerto de piel.

Indicaciones:

Este procedimiento se puede utilizar para extirpar hemangiomas grandes que ocasionen síntomas o sean deformantes.

Excisión de hemangioma

Excisión de hemangioma

Extirpación quirúrgica de un hemangioma - Serie

Extirpación quirúrgica de un hemangioma - Serie

Fecha de revisión: 7/25/2007
Versión en inglés revisada por:Robert A. Cowles, MD, Assistant Professor of Surgery, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, NY. Review provided by VeriMed Healthcare Network.
Traducción y localización realizada por: DrTango, Inc

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