A Case of Angiomyolipoma Arising in the Tongue

A 61-year-old woman was referred to our hospital with a mass in the left proglossis. The lesion was excised with a provisional diagnosis of hemangioma. The mass was well-demarcated and easily dissected with an ultrasonic surgical aspirator. The histopathologic diagnosis was angiomyolipoma arising in...

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Main Authors: Shinya Yura, Shintaro Terahata, Shun Sugiguchi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2011-01-01
Series:Case Reports in Pathology
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2011/698139
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description A 61-year-old woman was referred to our hospital with a mass in the left proglossis. The lesion was excised with a provisional diagnosis of hemangioma. The mass was well-demarcated and easily dissected with an ultrasonic surgical aspirator. The histopathologic diagnosis was angiomyolipoma arising in the tongue. There were no signs of recurrence at followup at 18 months.
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spelling doaj-art-bc38c2661dcd4ebc82cba08b407e3c1e2025-02-03T01:11:10ZengWileyCase Reports in Pathology2090-67812090-679X2011-01-01201110.1155/2011/698139698139A Case of Angiomyolipoma Arising in the TongueShinya Yura0Shintaro Terahata1Shun Sugiguchi2Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Tonami General Hospital, 1-61 Shintomi-cho, Tonami, Toyama 939-1395, JapanDepartment of Clinical Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Tonami General Hospital, 1-61 Shintomi-cho, Tonami, Toyama 939-1395, JapanDepartment of Clinical Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Tonami General Hospital, 1-61 Shintomi-cho, Tonami, Toyama 939-1395, JapanA 61-year-old woman was referred to our hospital with a mass in the left proglossis. The lesion was excised with a provisional diagnosis of hemangioma. The mass was well-demarcated and easily dissected with an ultrasonic surgical aspirator. The histopathologic diagnosis was angiomyolipoma arising in the tongue. There were no signs of recurrence at followup at 18 months.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2011/698139
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