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Open Journal of Dentistry and Oral Medicine(CEASE PUBLICATION) Vol. 3(2), pp. 39 - 45
DOI: 10.13189/ojdom.2015.030202
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A Closer Look at the Diagnosis and Management of Peripheral Vascular Lesions of the Oral Cavity: Report of 4 Cases with Review of Literature
Bacem AE. Ottoman *
Maxillofacial Surgery and Diagnosis, Cairo University, Egypt
ABSTRACT
Since treatment options for vascular anomalies are widely variable and often debated, it is fundamentally significant to differentiate vascular tumors from vascular malformations. On the one hand, vascular malformations are usually congenital and potentially progressive without involution. They usually expand because of hormonal changes such as trauma, puberty, aging or pregnancy. On the other hand, vascular tumors are neoplastic. Hemagiomas are interchangeably used to depict all vascular lesions. Technically, a hemangioma is an early childhood tumor that may gradually grow over a period of time typically should undergo gradual involution and mostly or totally disappear. This paper reports four exemplary cases of peripheral vascular lesions of the oral cavity; two cases whose diagnosis were recurrent low flow vascular malformation of the lower lip, a case of low flow vascular lesion of the tongue and arteriovenous malformation of the chin with history of recurrence as well as cosmetic disfigurement from incomplete excision. It contrasts the used diagnostic tools and modalities of treatment to similar cases in literature with exploring the advantages and disadvantages of sclerotherapy. Eventually, this paper suggests that excising a peripheral vascular malformation of low-flow is quite easy using nerve block anesthesia.
KEYWORDS
Peripheral Vascular Malformations, Low-Flow Vascularity, Labial Vascular Lesions, hemagiomas, Sclerotherapy
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(a). IEEE Format:
[1] Bacem AE. Ottoman , "A Closer Look at the Diagnosis and Management of Peripheral Vascular Lesions of the Oral Cavity: Report of 4 Cases with Review of Literature," Open Journal of Dentistry and Oral Medicine(CEASE PUBLICATION), Vol. 3, No. 2, pp. 39 - 45, 2015. DOI: 10.13189/ojdom.2015.030202.
(b). APA Format:
Bacem AE. Ottoman (2015). A Closer Look at the Diagnosis and Management of Peripheral Vascular Lesions of the Oral Cavity: Report of 4 Cases with Review of Literature. Open Journal of Dentistry and Oral Medicine(CEASE PUBLICATION), 3(2), 39 - 45. DOI: 10.13189/ojdom.2015.030202.