1968 年 11 巻 3 号 p. 333-336,229
A case of angioblastoma developing in the oral cavity, which was believed to be quite rare, was reported along with histopathologic discussion. The patient was a 38 year-old male who noticed a small lump of the buccal mucosa after an accidental bite.
The tumor reportedly became larger. At the time of initial examination, the tumor was thumb tip in size, hard in consistecy and appeal ed to be adhesrve to the adjacent tissues.
Incisional biopsy was performed for tissue diagnosis. In view of the pathology reportangioblastoma in suspicion-, a complete excision was done. Final tissue diagnosis was also Angioblastoma. Grossly the removed tumor was pale white in hue and was a little different from the other angiomas in appearance.
Histologically, however, the tumor was confirmed to be angioblastoma, since the tumor cells were observed in the canliculi and the cells were of endothelial origin. Literatures were reviewed.