Masson′s hemangioma: A rare intraoral presentation

Abstract

An otherwise healthy 19-year-old female patient had painless swelling in her left buccal mucosa. No precipitating factors were identified. Pathological analysis demonstrated the mass to be a Masson′s hemangioma, a papillary proliferation of thin-walled capillaries intimately associated with thrombus. A very rare tumor occurring in oral cavity with only 80 cases being published in literature until date.

Keywords

• Hemangioma
• intravascular papillary endothelial hyperplasia
• thrombus