Phleboliths of the Head and Neck Region - A Case Report

RATIONALE: Phleboliths are idiopathic calcifications resulting from mineralised structures inside veins, venules or blood vessels. PATIENT CONCERNS: A 48-year-old woman presented with multiple hard bodies on palpation. DIAGNOSIS: Imaging studies revealed multiple, round, well-defined radiopaque lesi...

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Autores principales: Abrantes, Thamiris Castro, Barra, Sâmila Gonçalves, Silva, Leni Verônica Oliveira, Abrahão, Aline Corrêa, Mesquita, Ricardo Alves, Abreu, Lucas Guimarães
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Wolters Kluwer - Medknow 2022
Materias:
Case Report - Malformations
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9976847/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36874787
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/ams.ams_125_22
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Sumario:RATIONALE: Phleboliths are idiopathic calcifications resulting from mineralised structures inside veins, venules or blood vessels. PATIENT CONCERNS: A 48-year-old woman presented with multiple hard bodies on palpation. DIAGNOSIS: Imaging studies revealed multiple, round, well-defined radiopaque lesions, extending from the coronoid process region down to the base of the mandible. The diagnosis was vascular malformation with multiple phleboliths. TREATMENT AND OUTCOME: No treatment was proposed and the patient is under follow-up. TAKE-AWAY LESSONS: Asymptomatic phleboliths of the head and neck region in an adult woman have been under surveillance.

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