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lingual hamartoma
Thursday 29 November 2007
See also
tongue lesions
tongue hamartomas
Lingual hamartomas are predominantly submucosal in location and were classified histologically by tissue composition as follows:
neurovascular
smooth muscle predominant
fat predominant
smooth muscle and fat containing
Smooth muscle predominant hamartomas also contain vasculature, and can additionally contained salivary gland tissue.
Fat predominant hamartoma additionally contained vessels and salivary gland.
Associations
oral-facial-digital syndrome (OFDs)
References
Kreiger PA, Ernst LM, Elden LM, Kazahaya K, Alawi F, Russo PA. Hamartomatous tongue lesions in children. Am J Surg Pathol. 2007 Aug;31(8):1186-90. PMID: 17667541
