Cavernous hemangioma of the tongue

Abstract

Hemangiomas are benign tumors of the oral cavity. Some consider them as hamartomas or developmental anomaly. There are multiple ways of classification of hemangiomas. The most common being as capillary and cavernous ones. In this article, we present a case report of cavernous hemangioma of the tongue reported at our institution. Histopathological and immunohistochemical analyses were done to arrive at the diagnosis.

Keywords

• cavernous hemangioma
• hemangioma
• histopathology
• immunohistochemistry