Abstract

GONZALEZ UMPIERREZ, María Natalia; TANCREDI CUETO, Natalia Fernanda; ARISMENDI DOMINGUEZ, Carlos Alberto  and  BEOVIDE CORTEGOSO, Aurita Verónica. Intramuscular hemangioma with phleboliths of the tongue. Report of a clinical-pathological case. Odontoestomatología [online]. 2023, vol.25, n.42, e418.  Epub Dec 01, 2023. ISSN 0797-0374.  https://doi.org/10.22592/ode2023n42e418.

We present a case of intramuscular hemangioma with tongue phleboliths in a 60-year-old woman. Clinically it corresponded to a swelling of two years of evolution, without signs that suggested its vascular origin. After her initial evaluation, an excisional biopsy of the lesion was performed for histopathological study.

In the histological study it was possible to observe a rounded and circumscribed tissue formation made up of fibrous connective tissue with abundant congestive capillaries that displaced the muscle tissue, highlighting the presence of thrombi with calcifications arranged in concentric layers (phleboliths). Based on these morphological findings, the definitive diagnosis was intramuscular capillary hemangioma with tongue phleboliths. To confirm the vascular neoplastic nature of the lesion, histochemical immunostaining was performed with the GLUT1 antibody. It is noteworthy, according to the bibliographic review carried out in PubMed, that this pathological entity is rare, particularly in the tongue.

Keywords : Hemangioma; intramuscular hemangioma; tongue.

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