Journal of Clinical Case Reports

Victor Yuri Nicolau Ferreira

Publications

• Case Report
  Lymphohemangioma on Hard Palate: Case Report
  Author(s): Laudenice Pereira Lucena, Paulo Rogério Ferreti Bonan, Antônio de Lisboa Lopes Costa, Laura Priscila Barboza de Carvalho, Victor Yuri Nicolau Ferreira and Tácio Candeia LyraLaudenice 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... Read More»
  DOI: 10.4172/2165-7920.1000812

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