EPITHELIOID HEMANGIOMA IN ORAL CAVITY : CASE REPORT

Epithelioid hemangioma (EH) is a rare benign vascular tumor with great clinical variability, which makes diagnosis and therefore treatment. A case of a woman of 57 years of age is presented with a solitary nodular lesion in the hard palate, at the height of the upper first molar. The corresponding surgery is performed, with the consent of the patient. Using an excisional biopsy, the benignity of the lesion is confirmed, with the result of the Epithelioid hemangioma (EH) is a rare benign vascular tumor with great clinical variability, which makes diagnosis and therefore treatment. A case of a woman of 57 years of age is presented with a solitary nodular lesion in the hard palate, at the height of the upper first molar. The corresponding surgery is performed, with the consent of the patient. Using an excisional biopsy, the benignity of the lesion is confirmed, with the result of the histopathological study that determined the presence of EH. After the excision of the lesion was carried out monitoring of the patient for possible recurrence.