A case of benign hemangioendothelioma of infancy occuring in the buccal fat pad

Mika EGUCHI; Kenji KAWANO; Keiichiro ONO; Akio TAKAHASHI; Harumi MIZUKI; Shigetaka YANAGISAWA

doi:10.5794/jjoms.52.342

Japanese Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery

Online ISSN : 2186-1579
Print ISSN : 0021-5163
ISSN-L : 0021-5163

A case of benign hemangioendothelioma of infancy occuring in the buccal fat pad

Mika EGUCHI, Kenji KAWANO, Keiichiro ONO, Akio TAKAHASHI, Harumi MIZUKI, Shigetaka YANAGISAWA

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Keywords: benign hemangioendothelioma, infancy, buccal fat pad

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2006 Volume 52 Issue 6 Pages 342-345

DOI https://doi.org/10.5794/jjoms.52.342

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Abstract

A case of benign hemangioendothelioma occurring in the buccal fat pad of a 2-month-old infant is reported. Two months after birth, her mother noticed a well-demarcated, elastic soft nodule at the left buccal region of the patient. The lesion was excised and histopathologically diagnosed as benign hemangioendothelioma. As of 1 vear 11 months after the oberation. there has been no evidence of recurrence.

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