Tufted Angioma in Children: Report of Two Cases and a Review of the Literature

Tufted angioma (TA) is a benign vascular tumor with endothelial origin. It is extremely rare in oral mucosa; only seven cases have been reported in the literature so far. Here, we describe two cases of tufted angioma observed in children and we also present a review of the literature about this path...

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Autores principales: da Silva, Alessandra Dutra, Ramos, Grasieli de Oliveira, Gomes, Rita Fabiane Teixeira, Martins, Marco Antônio Trevizani, Lamers, Marcelo Lazzaron, Santa'Ana Filho, Manoel, Rados, Pantelis Varvaki, Hildebrand, Laura de Campos, Visioli, Fernanda
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2014
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4236965/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25436158
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/942489
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Sumario:Tufted angioma (TA) is a benign vascular tumor with endothelial origin. It is extremely rare in oral mucosa; only seven cases have been reported in the literature so far. Here, we describe two cases of tufted angioma observed in children and we also present a review of the literature about this pathology, concerning the differential diagnosis and management of this lesion in children.

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