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Also known as: varicose veins treatment.
Sclerotherapy is a medical treatment for varicose veins or spider veins, which are visible, bulging and often aching veins frequently found in the legs. It involves injecting the veins with a solution in order to eliminate or reduce the symptoms of varicose veins.
The doctor injects the solution into the appropriate veins with a needle. The solution causes the vein the swell shut and block the flow of blood. Eventually it turns into scar tissue and disappears altogether.
You may need to avoid certain medications before the procedure.
Swelling, warmth, discomfort, blood clots, air bubbles and allergic reactions are all potential risk factors of sclerotherapy.
Reviewed by: Ana Margarita Duarte, MD
This page was last updated on: July 19, 2021 12:17 PM
A glomus tumor or glomangioma is a rare, benign growth of blood vessels which can develop in both adults and children.
A lymphatic malformation is a mass in the head or neck that results from an abnormal formation of lymphatic vessels.
Vascular malformations can be treated with sclerotherapy. During this procedure, the interventional radiologist injects the lesion with a medication that shrinks it.
Interventional radiology (IR) is when doctors use pictures or images known as “image-guided procedures” to help guide to the body part on the inside that needs to be treated or tested.