Active clinical trials for "Hemangioma"

The purpose of this study is to determine if Gadofosveset Trisodium (Gdfos, Ablavar) is a useful magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) contrast agent in accurately diagnosing liver metastases compared to the standard agent gadobutrol (EcGd, Gadovist).

PHACE syndrome(OMIM database number 606519) is the association of a vascular birthmark (hemangioma) on the face along with one or more of the following conditions: congenital heart defects, congenital anomalies of the cerebral arteries,brain, eyes, or sternum. A research study is currently being conducted at the Medical College of Wisconsin (MCW) to investigate if there is an inherited cause of PHACE syndrome. We are hoping that this study will lead to a better understanding of how and why children develop PHACE syndrome.

This is a single patient investigative treatment study. The patient was diagnosed with a retinal tumor in one eye. In the last 2 years, the patient has been treated with all available and conventional therapies, including intraocular injections of Avastin and Lucentis, steroids, and photodynamic therapy. Any positive results were short-term, and caused an eventual decline in central vision. Aflibercept has been shown to be effective against the growth of new vessels, secondary to macular degeneration. This study proposes that it may also be more effective in treating this particular patient and case. The study treatment plan is for 6 months initially, with the intention to continue treatment.

Hepatic hemangiomas are the commonest benign mesenchymal lesions of the liver. Most of these lesions are asymptomatic. Giant hepatic hemangiomas (GHH) (> 10 cm) are often symptomatic and require surgical intervention. This study aimed to describe the clinical findings, risk factors, diagnostic approach and management of GHH.

The purpose of this study is to compare the use of the Micro Vascular Plug (MVP) system and other embolic devices in treatment of PAVMs. Pulmonary Arteriovenous Malformations (PAVMs) are abnormal connections between the pulmonary vein and the pulmonary artery. This affects blood flow between the heart and lungs which puts patients at risk of stroke, brain abscess, hypoxia and even sudden death. The standard treatment of PAVMs is embolization. Embolization is the placing of an embolic (synthetic agent) into a blood vessel to block blood flow. The embolic is inserted via a catheter into the blood vessel. Detachable coils are the most commonly used embolic in the treatment of PAVMs. Despite long procedure times, numerous coils that are often required to occlude a single PAVM and recanalization rates ranging from 5% to 15%, the most widely used embolic device is still the detachable coil.

The study aims to quantitative evaluation of parafoveal microvasculature changes in eyes with exudative circumscribed choroidal haemangioma using optical coherence tomography angiography.

Infantile hemangioma (IH) is the most common vascular tumor of infancy, characterized by its clinical history. Absent at birth or present under the form of a premonitory mark, they display a rapid proliferative phase starting in the first weeks of life. Then, after a plateau phase, they slowly involute. However, a subtype of IH named "abortive", "minimal or arrested growth", "reticular" or "telangiectatic" hemangioma differs from typical IH because it doesn't have a proliferative component, or only a minimal one. This subtype of hemangioma has been recently described and data are lacking regarding its proportion among infantile hemangioma and its differences with "classic" infantile hemangioma. The aim of this study is to estimate the proportion of abortive hemangioma among infantile hemangioma. Also, the investigators aim to compare the clinical characteristics of "classic" infantile hemangiomas and abortive hemangiomas. Lastly, investigators wished to study the evolution of abortive hemangioma.

This study is to compare the ability of optical biopsy. Research can use light enters the skin, collected, analyzed by the computer, and a picture created for the pathologist to conventional histologic examination compare with the pathologist looking at the piece of tissue through a microscope makes the diagnosis.

Operations performed for liver hemangioma between January 2017 and December 2018 will be retrospectively analyzed.

The study aimed to retrospectively review cases of brain arteriovenous malformation that were surgical resected with the patient awake during the procedure.