Treatment of central hemangioma of the maxilla by embolization: report of case.

Some methods of treatment for cavernous hemangiomas are reviewed and briefly discussed. Artificial embolization with barium-impregnated spheres was used by us because any other method of treatment seemed to be inadvisable. Techniques of the surgical procedure were followed as programmed by Lussenhop and others, 12 Longacre and others, 2 and by Hoey and others.9 A 47-month follow-up with no radiographic evidence of residual hemangioma has indicated a satisfactory result in this case.