1995 Volume 41 Issue 4 Pages 327-329
We carried out a clinico-statistical study of 75 patients with hemangioma which was treated and diagnosed histopathologically in our clinic during the 13-year period from April 1980 to December 1992.
The results obtained were as follows. The ratio of males to females was 1: 1.5, indicating a higher prevalence in females than in males. The age at first visit ranged from 1 to 85 years, with a mean age of 47.2 years, and 69.9% were above 40 years. The most common age at the onset of symptoms was the sixth decade, while 6 cases had symptoms at birth. The duration of symptoms was within 1 month in 21 cases, and within 5 years in 17 cases. The most common site was the tongue (25 cases), followed by the cheek (24 cases) and the lower lip (13 cases). Lesion size was less than 20 mm in most cases (82.2%). All lesions were excised and histopathologically diagnosed as cavernous hemangioma in 60 cases and capillary hemangioma in 11 cases. Phleboliths were present in 6 cases.