The Treatment of Adult Laryngeal Hemangiomas Located on the Arytenoids: Excision vs. Chemotherapy.

OBJECTIVE To evaluate and compare the results of the excision and bleomycin injection treatment methods for adult laryngeal hemangiomas (ALHs) located on the arytenoids. METHODS Twenty-six ALH patients in 29 different cases were enrolled in the study at our department between June 2012 and March 2021. Some patients were treated more than once. Twenty-nine cases of ALH treated with either bleomycin injection or excision were studied to assess the efficacy of both treatments. A lumen constriction score (from 1 to 4) was used to evaluate the therapeutic effect three months later. RESULTS The ALHs in the ALH excision group were resected successfully, and the ALHs did not recur. The mean lumen constriction score for the bleomycin injection group was 2.95. The lumen constriction score for the ALH excision group was higher than that of the bleomycin injection group. CONCLUSIONS Both bleomycin injection and excision are safe and effective treatments for ALHs located on the arytenoids. On the condition that the ALH is well exposed and can be completely removed, ALH excision surgery is the preferable method to treat ALHs located on the arytenoids.

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