Abstract

Presentación inusual de un hemangioma capilar lobulado en paciente pediatrico.: Reporte de un caso y revisiòn de la literatura. Acta odontol. venez [online]. 2007, vol.45, n.1, pp.87-92. ISSN 0001-6365.

The hemangioma is a benign tomour formed by sanguineos vases, wich present: 2 variants. Capillary  Hemangioma: formed by capillary canals of small diameter; Cavernous Hemangioma: formed by great  expanded sanguineous  sines with thin walls. In most of the cases  affect the femine sex and usually it appears  after its birth. In  bucal cavity  the most frequently localization  is in mucous of  Lips, Tongue and Carrillo. The lesion can go back in spontaneous form or can be eliminated by surgery in the case that lesion affects any process of the organism. Its origin is unknown. Report of a 6 years feminine sex case, with an asymptomatic tumoral lesion and pink color, ulcerative and erythemative areas, its aspect is smooth and brilliant, located in superior right maxilar, causing facial asymmetry in this place. It was done an incisional biopsy of the lesion and the provisional diagnostic was: Granuloma Pyogenic, and the histopatologic result was: Hemangioma Capilar Lobular.

Keywords : Hemangioma; vascular tumor; pediatric lesion.