Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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6055834 | Oral Surgery, Oral Medicine, Oral Pathology and Oral Radiology | 2014 | 5 Pages |
Abstract
We report a case of lymphangioma circumscriptum (cavernous lymphangioma with epithelial hyperplasia) in a 12-year-old girl, presenting as a papillary tumor on the right dorsal side of her tongue. Microscopic examination found cavernous vascular channels lined by a single layer of CD31+, podoplanin-positive, CD34â endothelial cells that occupied the papillary lamina propria and were accompanied by epithelial hyperplasia. A review of the literature on oral vascular tumors with epithelial hyperplasia, namely, lymphangioma circumscriptum and angiokeratoma, provided information that draws into question the use of these terms.
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Authors
Nikolaos DDS, Konstantinos I. DDS, PhD, Prokopios DDS, MSc, Ioannis G. DDS, MSc, Alexandra DDS, MSc, PhD,