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| Year : 2009 | Volume
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| Issue : 1 | Page : 42-45 |
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Central hemangioma of mandible presenting as massive radiolucency
Simi Thankappan, Valsa Thomas, Nileena R Kumar, KP Sharafudeen, Sherin Nair
Department of Oral Medicine and Radiology, Government Dental College, Calicut-673 008, Kerala, India
Correspondence Address:
Simi Thankappan
Department of Oral Medicine and Radiology, Government Dental College, Calicut-673 008
India
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DOI: 10.4103/0972-1363.57778
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A hemangioma is a proliferation of blood vessels that creates a mass resembling a neoplasm. Some regard it as a true neoplasm while others state that it is a hamartoma resulting from proliferation of mesodermal cells that undergo endothelial differentiation and subsequently are canalized and vascularized. A central hemangioma rarely develops in the jaws. This case report deals with a low flow hemangioma in the ramus of the mandible, which despite its large size proved to be innocuous and lacked most of the characteristics of a conventional central hemangioma. |
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