Journal of Clinical Case Reports

Lymphohemangioma on Hard Palate: Case Report

Abstract

Laudenice Pereira Lucena, Paulo Rogério Ferreti Bonan, Antônio de Lisboa Lopes Costa, Laura Priscila Barboza de Carvalho, Victor Yuri Nicolau Ferreira and Tácio Candeia Lyra

Lymphangioma is a benign congenital malformation of the lymphatic tissue that occurs predominantly in children
and clinically presents as a soft painless swelling, compressible of oral mucosa. Usually affects male individuals and
the most common intraoral location is the tongue. Surgical excision is the treatment of choice and the prognosis is
good. It is describes a case of lymphangioma in a non-caucasian 82 years old female. Intra-oral examination
revealed the presence of reddish papules, with 0.5 cm in diameter, painless, flaccid consistency and smooth surface
in the anterior hard palate. Excisional biopsy was performed and the histopathologic diagnosis was lymphangioma.
After seven months follow-up, the patient has no recurrence of the lesion.