Abstract
We recently experienced two cases of hemangiomas with phlebolithiasis.
The first case was a 67-year-old woman who complained of tumor of the tongue. The tumor contained 4 calculi.
The second case was a 12-year-old girl with chief complaint of painless swelling at the right submental region. The tumor was located in the anterior belly of digastric muscle and contained 2 calculi.
Both tumors were extirpated with ligation and histologically diagnosed as cavernous hemangiomas with phleboliths. In the tumor tissues, several thrombs with various degrees of organization, fibrosis, hyalinization and calcification were observed. From such histopathological findings, it was indicated that phleboliths should be completely or remarkably calcified thrombs.
We also discussed 45 cases of such diseases of head and neck regions reported from 1982 to 1986 in Japan.
