Maria Goreti
Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Faculty of Dentistry, Universitas Gadja, Yogyakarta, Indonesia

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Boiling water injection as a non-surgical alternative treatment in hemangiomas Denta A. Prasetya; Maria Goreti; Cahya Y. Hasan
Journal of Dentomaxillofacial Science Vol. 6 No. 2 (2021): (Available online: 1 August 2021)
Publisher : DiscoverSys Inc.

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.15562/jdmfs.v6i2.931

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Objective: This paper introduce boiling water as an alternative simple treatment for hemangiomas without surgery.Methods: The patient was a 22-year-old woman with a diagnosis of high flow hemangioma based on doppler ultrasound examination. A treatment with boiling water injection was carried out in 2 stages combined with dexamethasone 0.5 mg for 10 days and 5 days after the first and second injection respectively.Results: Evaluation done 3 months after injection showed no hemangioma lesions.Conclusion: The combination of boiling water injection and corticosteroid administration in the treatment of hemangiomas ended up in satisfactory results