Late complication of congenital hemangioma of the tongue

✍ Scribed by Brown, David A. ;Smith, James D.

• Book ID: 102236087
• Publisher: Wiley (John Wiley & Sons)
• Year: 1987
• Weight: 400 KB
• Volume: 9
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0148-6403
• DOI: 10.1002/hed.2890090510

✦ Synopsis

We present a 76-year-old patient with a congenitally mixed capillarykavernous hemangioma of the tongue, which rapidly enlarged after an unrelated surgical procedure under spinal anesthesia. The enlargement resulted in a significant functional and in

The distinction between cosmetic deformity that was corrected by surgical excision. A brief discussion of hemangiomas and their treatment is included. HEAD 211-216,1985.