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Percutaneous Ablation for CVM
Percutaneous Ablation (Sclerotherapy)
Venous and lymphatic malformations are generally treated by inserting a needle directly into the malformation and injecting medical grade alcohol or a similar agent into them to get them to shrink down and perhaps go away altogether.
Percutaneous ablation is also known as "sclerotherapy". We may use these terms interchangeably when discussing the treatment of symptomatic vascular malformations.
Learn more about ablation.