title: Surgical treatment of tongue lymphangioma in a pediatric patient: a case report.
abstract: Lymphangiomas are benign tumors that occur predominantly in the head and neck regions. They are very common in children and are usually diagnosed at birth or during the first years of life. Understanding their clinical features is crucial to an early diagnosis. The purpose of this paper  was to report the case of a 3-year-old patient with a nodular lesion that evolved for 2 years on the tongue's dorsal surface, highlight the surgical treatment and characteristics of this kind of pathology, and explore the differential diagnosis.
authors: Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Department, School of Dentistry, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. epuricelli@uol.com.br
authors: Edela
authors: E
authors: Puricelli
authors: Deise
authors: D
authors: Ponzoni
authors: Marcel Fasolo
authors: MF
authors: De Paris
authors: Maíra Cavallet
authors: MC
authors: de Abreu
authors: Lênio
authors: L
authors: Togni
mesh_terms: D002675:Child, Preschool; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D008202:Lymphangioma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D014062:Tongue Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*