Abstract
A 36-year-old woman noted a small painful hemangiomatous tumor on the dorsal surface of the tongue on July 17, 1983. It was broken off during her lunch on the day before her delivery. After the delivery, the tumor which appeared like a raspberry, reappeared at the same place and grew progressively up to a size of 29 mm×22 mm in a few weeks. Surgery was done on September 27, 1983. Pathological examination revealed a capillary hemangioma. From the clinical point of view, it was considered to be a pyogenic tumor. It is suggested that the hormonal change after pregnancy played one of the roles in the remarkable growth of the tumor in such a short period of time.
