title: Color-Doppler US features of a pyogenic granuloma of the upper dorsum tongue.
abstract: The diagnosis of oral lesions is based on clinical history, clinical examination and imaging exams. Different imaging modalities are available for the diagnosis and follow-up of these lesions such as computed tomography, magnetic resonance imaging, color-Doppler ultrasound, angiography and positron emission tomography. To date, color-Doppler ultrasound is considered the first-line imaging approach since it provides a non-invasive, cost-effective, real-time evaluation of oral anomalies. It provides both morphological and vascular information which are useful to determine the best therapeutic options. Differential diagnosis of a bleeding lobular mass of the tongue is, however, not always easy and includes several vascular and non-vascular lesions. We present herein a case of pyogenic granuloma of the tongue that at Color-Doppler US appeared as hypervascular lesion.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Oncology, and Anatomy Pathology, Sapienza University of Rome, Policlinico Umberto I, Viale del Policlinico 155 00161 Rome, Italy.
authors.forename: Vito
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Cantisani
authors.affiliation: Department of Oral Surgery and Dentistry, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy.
authors.forename: Alessandro
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Del Vecchio
authors.affiliation: Department of Oral Surgery and Dentistry, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy.
authors.forename: Eloisa
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Fioravanti
authors.affiliation: Department of Oral Surgery and Dentistry, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy.
authors.forename: Umberto
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Romeo
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Oncology, and Anatomy Pathology, Sapienza University of Rome, Policlinico Umberto I, Viale del Policlinico 155 00161 Rome, Italy.
authors.forename: Ferdinando
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: D'Ambrosio
mesh_terms: D001706:Biopsy; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D017789:Granuloma, Pyogenic / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D014060:Tongue Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D018615:Ultrasonography, Doppler, Color
keywords: Color-Doppler-US; Diagnosis; Oral cavity tumor; Pyogenic granuloma; US