Dye laser treatment for hemorrhagic vascular lesions.

BACKGROUND AND AIMS: It is generally thought that bleeding from a hemangioma is difficult to stop. With development of the long pulse dye laser (LPDL), it has become possible to treat hemangioma with a large blood vessel diameter. Thus, it is effective in treating infantile hemangioma and pyogenic granuloma.

MATERIALS AND

METHODS

Five patients who visited our hospital from July 2015 to July 2017 due to hemorrhagic hemangioma were treated using a flash lamp excitation pulse dye laser with parameters of 7 mm spot size, 3 msec pulse width, fluence 12-14J/cm2, DCD 30 msec, and delay 30 msec.

RESULTS

The bleeding not only stopped, but the raised lesion was flattened in all cases.

CONCLUSIONS

LPDL is effective for both infantile hemangioma and pyogenic granuloma. It not only stops bleeding, but also treats the vascular lesions.