PHOTODYNAMIC THERAPY IN THE TREATMENT OF CUTANEOUS HEMANGIOMAS

Hemangioma is one of the most common benign tumors in children with predominant skin lesions. Improving the results of hemangioma treatment using high-energy lasers and photodynamic therapy. The clinical material includes 86 patients with skin hemangioma, 45 of whom used the CO-2 laser destruction technique followed by photodynamic therapy using the photosensitizer methylene blue 0.05%. CO-2 laser destruction was performed in hypertrophic- mixed forms of hemangiomas to the skin level. The combined use of lasers with photosensitizers makes it possible to improve treatment results and achieve better cosmetic results.