Treatment of vascular malformations of the mandible : a description of 12 cases

This study evaluated the treatment of intraosseous vascular malformation of the mandible. We analysed the medical records of 12 patients treated at the Salpetriere Hospital (Paris, France) for vascular malformation of the mandible between 1965 and 1996. There were six male and six female patients, with a mean age of 16 years. The mean follow-up time was ten years. The treatment was surgery (enucleation or resection) or interventional radiology (arterial embolization or transosseous transcutaneous embolization). There are several indications for treatment, including age, and the size and type of vascular malformation (active or passive).