Lingual cavernous hemangioma in a Nepalese boy—‘A Difficult Associate!!!’

Hemangiomas are benign tumors comprising of ectatic blood vessels. Although common in the head and neck region, those occurring within the oral cavity and tongue are exceedingly rare. We report a 5-year-old boy with a swelling over the anterior third of tongue post failed conservative therapy eventu...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Shrestha, Ashish L, Paudel, Shova Banstola
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2018
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6198281/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30370045
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jscr/rjy283
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Sumario:Hemangiomas are benign tumors comprising of ectatic blood vessels. Although common in the head and neck region, those occurring within the oral cavity and tongue are exceedingly rare. We report a 5-year-old boy with a swelling over the anterior third of tongue post failed conservative therapy eventually treated with surgical excision and confirmed histologically as a cavernous hemangioma probably first of its kind reported from Nepal.

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