title: Tufted angioma in children: report of two cases and a review of the literature.
abstract: Tufted angioma (TA) is a benign vascular tumor with endothelial origin. It is extremely rare in oral mucosa; only seven cases have been reported in the literature so far. Here, we describe two cases of tufted angioma observed in children and we also present a review of the literature about this pathology, concerning the differential diagnosis and management of this lesion in children.
authors.affiliation: Department of Oral Pathology, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Room 503, Rua Ramiro Barcelos 2492, 90035-003 Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil.
authors.forename: Alessandra Dutra
authors.initials: AD
authors.lastname: da Silva
authors.affiliation: Department of Oral Pathology, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Room 503, Rua Ramiro Barcelos 2492, 90035-003 Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil.
authors.forename: Grasieli de Oliveira
authors.initials: Gde O
authors.lastname: Ramos
authors.affiliation: Department of Oral Pathology, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Room 503, Rua Ramiro Barcelos 2492, 90035-003 Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil.
authors.forename: Rita Fabiane Teixeira
authors.initials: RF
authors.lastname: Gomes
authors.affiliation: Department of Oral Pathology, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Room 503, Rua Ramiro Barcelos 2492, 90035-003 Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil.
authors.forename: Marco Antônio Trevizani
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Martins
authors.affiliation: Department of Morphologic Science, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Rua Sarmento Leite 500, 90050-170 Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil.
authors.forename: Marcelo Lazzaron
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Lamers
authors.affiliation: Department of Oral Pathology, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Room 503, Rua Ramiro Barcelos 2492, 90035-003 Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil.
authors.forename: Manoel
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Santa'Ana Filho
authors.affiliation: Department of Oral Pathology, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Room 503, Rua Ramiro Barcelos 2492, 90035-003 Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil.
authors.forename: Pantelis Varvaki
authors.initials: PV
authors.lastname: Rados
authors.affiliation: Department of Oral Pathology, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Room 503, Rua Ramiro Barcelos 2492, 90035-003 Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil.
authors.forename: Laura de Campos
authors.initials: Lde C
authors.lastname: Hildebrand
authors.affiliation: Department of Oral Pathology, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Room 503, Rua Ramiro Barcelos 2492, 90035-003 Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil.
authors.forename: Fernanda
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Visioli