Open AccessIsolated Focal Infantile Hemangioma of the Alveolar Ridge with Glucose Transporter-1 Reactivity: An Aberrant Presentation
Author(s) -
Divya Natarajan,
M Shanmugam,
Nachiammai Nachiappan,
Joe Louis Chiriyamkandath,
Jayanthi Kannappan
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
jaypee's international journal of clinical pediatric dentistry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 0975-1904
pISSN - 0974-7052
DOI - 10.5005/jp-journals-10005-1923
Subject(s) - medicine , hemangioma , alveolar ridge , pyogenic granuloma , presentation (obstetrics) , pathology , lesion , tongue , vascular malformation , radiology , surgery , implant
To give dental practitioners an insight into the unusual presentation of focal infantile hemangioma on the alveolar ridge showing immunoreactivity to glucose transporter-1 (GLT1). We also recommend the importance of using standardized terminologies to describe the type of hemangioma.