Late complication of congenital hemangioma of the tongue.
We present a 76-year-old patient with a congenitally mixed capillary/cavernous hemangioma of the tongue, which rapidly enlarged after an unrelated surgical procedure under spinal anesthesia. The enlargement resulted in a significant functional and cosmetic deformity that was corrected by surgical excision. A brief discussion of hemangiomas and their treatment is included.
D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006391:Hemangioma / Q000151:congenital / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D006392:Hemangioma, Cavernous / Q000151:congenital / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D014062:Tongue Neoplasms / Q000151:congenital / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*