title: Congenital angiomyoma of the tongue: case report.
abstract: Angiomyomas of the oral cavity are rare benign vascular neoplasms. In particular, the congenital form has not been reported before in the English language literature. We present a congenital angiomyoma of the tongue that was found on the posterior middle of the tongue in an infant. On MRI, the mass showed an isointense signal to muscle on the T₁ weighted image and a slightly hyperintense signal on the T₂ weighted image. Immunohistochemically, tumour cells were positive to desmin and smooth muscle actin, but negative to vimentin and S100. The treatment was surgical excision and no recurrence was found during the 26 month follow-up period.
authors.affiliation: Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Radiology, College of Medicine, Hallym University, Anyang, Korea.
authors.forename: Y-H
authors.initials: YH
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Y-W
authors.initials: YW
authors.lastname: Jang
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Pai
authors.forename: S-G
authors.initials: SG
authors.lastname: Kim
mesh_terms: D000199:Actins / Q000032:analysis; D018229:Angiomyoma / Q000737:chemistry / Q000151:congenital* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D003893:Desmin / Q000032:analysis; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D014062:Tongue Neoplasms / Q000737:chemistry / Q000151:congenital* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery
chemical_list: D000199:Actins; D003893:Desmin