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Oral intramuscular hemangioma: Report of three cases
Author(s) -
Lescura Carlos M.,
Andrade Bruno A. B.,
Bezerra Kelly T.,
Agostini Michelle,
Ankha Milagros V. A.,
Castro Felix,
Carvalho Yasmin R.,
Romañach Mário J.,
Anbinder Ana Lia
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
journal of cutaneous pathology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.597
H-Index - 75
eISSN - 1600-0560
pISSN - 0303-6987
DOI - 10.1111/cup.13482
Subject(s) - medicine , tongue , hemangioma , lesion , head and neck , infiltration (hvac) , pathology , anatomy , surgery , physics , thermodynamics
Abstract Intramuscular hemangioma (IMH) represents less than 1% of all hemangiomas. In the head and neck region, it occurs mostly in the masseter, temporalis and sternocleidomastoid muscles. Despite its infiltrative growth pattern and several worrisome histological features, such as increased mitotic activity, plumpness of the nuclei, intraluminal papillary projections or perineural infiltration, the lesion is benign, and complete surgical excision is the preferred treatment for such oral lesions. Herein, we report three rare cases of IMH in the tongue and lip, discuss the clinical and histological aspects, and review the literature regarding this lesion.