Capillary hemangioma of tongue: a case report

Authors

  • Alvimar Lima de Castro
  • Eni Vaz F. Lima de Castro
  • Marcelo Macedo Crivelini
  • Luciana Estevam Simonato

Abstract

A clinical case of capillary hemangioma is reported in a white man 32 years-old, with complaint of nodule in the anterior dorsal area of tongue. The patient reported that the lesion was beginning approximately five months ago after burn for hot food. At the intrabucal physical exam it was observed a consistence nodular lesion with 2,5 cm in size, ulcerated surface and red coloration. It was established differential diagnosis of fibroma, ulcerated capillary hemangioma, piogenic granuloma and inflammatory fibrous hyperplasia. It was made excisional biopsy, identifying to the histopathologic exam capillary countless, covered by only layer of endothelia’s cells, sustained by a stroma of connective tissue, defining the diagnosis as capillary hemangioma. In the clinical postoperative controls accomplished since the first week up to two months, favorable cicatrisation of the operated area was observed, without recurrence indications.
UNITERMS: hemangioma; hamartoma; biopsy.

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Vol. 22 No. 56 (2007)

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Case Report

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