Haemangiomas often are threatening to life when they are presented in certain deeper tissues. They can cause morbidity in the orbit, bowel, liver, Lung or spleen. Often they casue severe haematuria if located in the kidney. In this report we dealt with one huge scalp and one big face haemangiomas. They needed special care during excising them and good preoperative investigations . 1234 Introduction Haemangiomas are common benign vascular tumors. They are presented in any site including deep tissues as bones, muscles, tendons, liver and bowel mainly rectum, or stomach as arterio-venous malformations as Dieulafoy’s lesion and rectal Angiodysplasia.[12] it may be a part of a syndrome or can be found as a sole lesion.Large haemangiomas of the scalp, though uncommon, present unique challenges to the reconstructive surgeon. If not treated early, these lesions can result in large areas of alopecia, distortion of the hairline, or deformation of the ear.[5] Material and methods Case data In the year 2002, a- 45-years old Malay lady was presented to the Plastic Surgery Clinic, University Malaya Medical Center with a huge swelling on the right temporo-paieto-occipital regions of the scalp (Figure 1,2).
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