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Year : 2005 | Volume
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| Issue : 4 | Page : 185-189 |
Oral lymphangioma: A case report
J Jeeva Rathan1, BG Harsha Vardhan2, MS Muthu1, Venkatachalapathy1, K Saraswathy2, N Sivakumar1
1 Department of Pediatric dentistry, Meenakshi Ammal Dental College and Hospital, Maduravoyal, Chennai,Tamilnadu, India 2 Department of Oral Medicine and Radiology, Meenakshi Ammal Dental College and Hospital, Maduravoyal, Chennai, Tamilnadu, India
Correspondence Address:
B G Harsha Vardhan Department of Oral Medicine and Radiology,Meenakshi Ammal Dental College and Hospital,Alapakkam Main Road, Maduravoyal,Chennai - 600095, Tamilnadu India
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DOI: 10.4103/0970-4388.19007
Lymphangiomas are congenital malformations of lymphatic vessels filled with a clear protein-rich fluid containing few lymph cells. It can also occur in association with hemangioma. Large lymphangioma extending into the tissue spaces of neck is referred to as cystic hygroma. Herewith, we present a case of cystic hygroma associated with lymphangioma of tongue leading to macroglossia in a 5-year-old boy.
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