title: [Oral venous lakes: a clinicopathologic analysis of 20 cases].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To improve the recognization and treatment for oral venous lakes (OVL).
  
  
  METHODS
  Clinicopathologically analysis of 20 cases of oral venous lakes was performed. All the samples were removed by surgically.
  
  
  RESULTS
  All the lesions occurred in senile persons and located under the mucosa. Among the 20 cases, 11 were male patients and 9 were female; 18 of 20 occurred in the lower lip, another two in the upper lip and buccal mucosa. The lesions were 0.3 approximately 1.2 cm in size. Pathologically, the oral venous lake was composed of single or a few large, dilated and irregular veins. Thrombosis and organization were found within the lesions sometimes.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Oral venous lakes are a kind of focal anomalies of venous structure. All the 20 cases (with a follow-up time from 8 months to 4 years) has no recurrence after surgical treatment.
authors.affiliation: Department of Stomatology, Chinese PLA General Hospital, Beijing 100853, China.
authors.forename: Jingqiu
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Bu
authors.forename: Huaiyin
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Shi
authors.forename: Min
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hu
authors.forename: Hongchen
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Liu
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008047:Lip Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009061:Mouth Mucosa / Q000473:pathology; D014652:Vascular Diseases / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery