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3) Surgical treatment

 Laser: Pulsed dye and Nd YAG lasers can
be used to teat ulcerated hemangioma

and remove residual color from

involuted hemangioma

 Surgery: Usually deferred until the child is
of school age and begin to experience

psychosocial consequences. Urgent

surgery is indicated during proliferative

phase if lesion threatens important

structures or functions

 Visual obstruction

 Lesion obstructing visual field in
infants can result in deprivation

amblyopia or anisometropia

 Naso-laryngeal obstruction

 Proliferating lesions in the subglottic
airway is potentially life-threatening.

It requires aggressive treatment

with propranolol, steroids, surgery

and/or laser

 Auditory canal obstruction

 It can result in mild to moderate
conductive hearing loss.