Intramuscular capillary hamartoma of the tongue.
Intramuscular vascular lesions in the tongue are rare and are usually the capillary form of haemangioma. A case is described of a lingual mass that resembled intramuscular haemangioma but had unique histological features that do not appear to have been described previously. The term intramuscular capillary hamartoma is suggested to describe it.
Gillett
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Department of Otolaryngology, Kent and Sussex Hospital, Tunbridge Wells, UK. drdarrengillett@yahoo.com
Fahmy
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Eveson
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Shotton
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D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006222:Hamartoma / Q000473:pathology*; D018324:Hemangioma, Capillary / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D014060:Tongue Diseases / Q000473:pathology*