Roeland P. M. Ceulen

Microembolism during Foam Sclerotherapy of Varicose Veins

The authors monitored by echocardiography foam distribution during foam sclerotherapy in patients with chronic venous insufficiency. In all patients studied, foam microemboli were detected after foam injection.

Randomized clinical trial of ultrasound-guided foam sclerotherapy versus surgery for the incompetent great saphenous vein

New minimally invasive treatment modalities, such as ultrasound‐guided foam sclerotherapy (UGFS), are becoming more popular. In a multicentre randomized controlled non‐inferiority trial, the effectiveness and costs of UGFS and surgery for treatment of the incompetent great saphenous vein (GSV) were compared.

Multiple unilateral skin tumors suggest type 1 segmental manifestation of familial syringoma.

An 18-year-old man presented multiple asymptomatic reddish-brown papules with a segmental distribution pattern confined to the left side of the trunk. These lesions had arisen two years before while the rest of the integument was unaffected. His further medical and family history was unremarkable. Histopathology revealed the characteristic features of syringoma. Since familial occurrence of syringoma with autosomal dominant inheritance has been described previously, we propose that the clinical phenotype observed in this patient reflects a type 1 segmental manifestation of familial syringoma and, thus, a cutaneous mosaicism.

Eight‐year follow‐up of a randomized clinical trial comparing ultrasound‐guided foam sclerotherapy with surgical stripping of the great saphenous vein

This was an 8‐year follow‐up of an RCT comparing ultrasound‐guided foam sclerotherapy (UGFS) with high ligation and surgical stripping (HL/S) of the great saphenous vein (GSV).