Hemangioma with phleboliths in the sublingual gland: As a cause of submental opacity


Cankaya H., Unal O., Ugras S., Yuca K., Kiris M.

TOHOKU JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE, cilt.199, sa.3, ss.187-191, 2003 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 199 Sayı: 3
  • Basım Tarihi: 2003
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1620/tjem.199.187
  • Dergi Adı: TOHOKU JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.187-191
  • Van Yüzüncü Yıl Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Hemangiomas are the most common lesions of the major salivary glands during infancy and early childhood. Changes in blood flow dynamic within hemangioma results in thrombus and phleboliths. There have been a number of reports of hemangiomas with phleboliths in parotid and submandibular glands. We present the first case of a hemangioma with multiple phleboliths in the subligual gland as a cause of submental opacity, and discussed the diagnosis of radiopaque masses in the sublingual and submental regions. (C) 2003 Tohoku University Medical Press.