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Real-time MRI-guided percutaneous sclerotherapy is a novel and evolving treatment for congenital lymphatic malformations in the head and neck. We elaborate on the specific steps necessary to perform an MRI-guided percutaneous sclerotherapy of lymphatic malformations including pre-procedure patient work-up and preparation, stepwise intraprocedural interventional techniques and post-procedure management. Based on our institutional experience, MRI-guided sclerotherapy with a doxycycline-gadolinium-based mixture as a sclerosant for lymphatic malformations of the head and neck region in children is well tolerated and effective.
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This work was partially presented at the Radiological Society of North America Annual Meeting 2016 in Chicago, IL.
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Partovi, S., Vidal, L., Lu, Z. et al. Real-time MRI-guided percutaneous sclerotherapy of low-flow head and neck lymphatic malformations in the pediatric population – a stepwise approach. Pediatr Radiol 47, 755–760 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00247-017-3789-x
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