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Intramuscular capillary hamartoma of the tongue

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 March 2006

D. Gillett
Affiliation:
Department of Otolaryngology, Kent and Sussex Hospital, Tunbridge Wells, Bristol Dental Hospital, Bristol, UK.
F. Fahmy
Affiliation:
Department of Otolaryngology, Kent and Sussex Hospital, Tunbridge Wells, Bristol Dental Hospital, Bristol, UK.
J. W. Eveson
Affiliation:
Department of Oral Medicine and Pathology, Bristol Dental Hospital, Bristol, UK.
J. C. Shotton
Affiliation:
Department of Otolaryngology, Kent and Sussex Hospital, Tunbridge Wells, Bristol Dental Hospital, Bristol, UK.

Abstract

Intramuscular vascular lesions in the tongue are rare and are usually the capillary form of haemangioma. A case is described of a lingual mass that resembled intramuscular haemangioma but had unique histological features that do not appear to have been described previously. The term intramuscular capillary hamartoma is suggested to describe it.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
© Royal Society of Medicine Press Limited 2003

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