Volume 43, Issue 11 pp. 1025-1027
Case Report

Spindle cell haemangioma of the tongue

Kathryn E.M. French

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Kathryn E.M. French

Oral and Maxillofacial Department, Royal United Hospital Bath, Bath, UK

Kathryn French

Oral and Maxillofacial Department, Royal United Hospital Bath, Bath, UK

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Andrew M. Felstead

Andrew M. Felstead

Oral and Maxillofacial Department, Royal United Hospital Bath, Bath, UK

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Norman Haacke

Norman Haacke

Ear and Nose Department, Spire Hospital, Southampton, UK

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Jeffrey Theaker

Jeffrey Theaker

Pathology Department, Southampton General Hospital, Southampton, UK

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Peter A. Brennan

Peter A. Brennan

Oral and Maxillofacial Department, Queen Alexandra Hospital, Portsmouth, UK

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Serryth D. Colbert

Serryth D. Colbert

Oral and Maxillofacial Department, Royal United Hospital Bath, Bath, UK

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First published: 22 July 2016
Citations: 7

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.

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