%0 Journal Article
%T Retropharyngeal lymphatic malformations: report of two successfully treated cases and review of the literature
%A J. CHEN
%A W. LI
%A X. LI
%J Archive of "Acta Otorhinolaryngologica Italica".
%D 2019
%R 10.14639/0392-100X-1484
%X Retropharyngeal lymphatic malformations (LMs) are exceedingly rare and have rarely been reported in the literature. This condition can be life threatening, and its management is particularly challenging. Over a two-year period, two patients who presented with symptomatic (dyspnoea, snoring) retropharyngeal LMs were treated in our hospital. Both patients were treated using radiofrequency ablation of LMs through a trans-oral approach and bleomycin sclerotherapy as adjunctive treatment. No major complications occurred following surgery. During follow-up, no recurrence was noted, and both patients were asymptomatic. Our result and the review of the literature suggests that radiofrequency ablation combined with bleomycin sclerotherapy can be a safe and effective treatment
%K Radiofrequency ablation
%K Bleomycin
%K Retropharyngeal
%K Lymphatic malformation Ablazione con radiofrequenze
%K Bleomicina
%K Malformazioni linfatiche retrofaringee
%U https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6536024/