Document Type
Article
Publication Date
3-2018
Publisher
Springer
Source Publication
Head and Neck Pathology
Source ISSN
1936-055X
Original Item ID
DOI: 10.1007/s12105-017-0827-9
Abstract
A 70-year-old male presented with a slow growing, dome shaped and painless mass of the hard palate. The mass was excised. Histopathological examination confirmed the diagnosis of a angioleiomyoma (vascular leiomyoma). A leiomyoma is an uncommon benign tumor of smooth muscle differentiation. True leiomyomas of the oral cavity are rare and most oral tumors are derived from the smooth muscle of walls of blood vessels. Therefore, they are called vascular leiomyomas or angioleiomyomas. Clinically, they may resemble a myriad other conditions both benign and malignant. A definitive diagnosis depends upon histopathological examination of the biopsied tissue in correlation with the tumor cell immunohistochemistry. Tumors are excised and recurrence is rare. The histopathological findings and differential diagnosis of a case of a palatal angioleiomyoma are discussed.
Recommended Citation
Rawal, Swati Y. and Rawal, Yeshwant B., "Angioleiomyoma (Vascular Leiomyoma) of the Oral Cavity" (2018). School of Dentistry Faculty Research and Publications. 515.
https://epublications.marquette.edu/dentistry_fac/515
Comments
Accepted version. Head and Neck Pathology, Vol. 12, No. 1 (March 2018): 123-126. DOI. © 2018 Springer. Used with permission.
Yeshwant B. Rawal was affiliated with University of Washington at the time of publication.