Kathryn E M French1, Andrew M Felstead2, Norman Haacke3, Jeffrey Theaker4, Peter A Brennan5, Serryth D Colbert2. 1. Oral and Maxillofacial Department, Royal United Hospital Bath, Bath, UK. Kathryn.french99@gmail.com. 2. Oral and Maxillofacial Department, Royal United Hospital Bath, Bath, UK. 3. Ear and Nose Department, Spire Hospital, Southampton, UK. 4. Pathology Department, Southampton General Hospital, Southampton, UK. 5. Oral and Maxillofacial Department, Queen Alexandra Hospital, Portsmouth, UK.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Spindle cell hemangioma (SCH) is an uncommon benign vascular tumor that rarely occurs in the mouth. METHODS AND RESULTS: We present an SCH arising in the tongue of a 52-year-old otherwise healthy woman. SCH should be considered in the differential diagnosis of vascular tumors in the oral cavity and not misinterpreted as a more aggressive vascular tumor. We describe the clinical presentation, investigation, differential diagnosis and management of this condition and a literature search showing published case reports. CONCLUSION: Although SCH rarely presents in the oral cavity it needs to be considered in the differential diagnosis of oral cavity tumors.
BACKGROUND: Spindle cell hemangioma (SCH) is an uncommon benign vascular tumor that rarely occurs in the mouth. METHODS AND RESULTS: We present an SCH arising in the tongue of a 52-year-old otherwise healthy woman. SCH should be considered in the differential diagnosis of vascular tumors in the oral cavity and not misinterpreted as a more aggressive vascular tumor. We describe the clinical presentation, investigation, differential diagnosis and management of this condition and a literature search showing published case reports. CONCLUSION: Although SCH rarely presents in the oral cavity it needs to be considered in the differential diagnosis of oral cavity tumors.