Oral cavity & oropharynx
Soft tissue tumors & proliferations
Hemangioma
Author: Nat Pernick, M.D.
Last author update: 1 November 2013
Last staff update: 1 April 2021
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PubMed Search: Hemangioma[TI] oral cavity[mh]
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Definition / general | Microscopic (histologic) description | Positive stains | Differential diagnosisCite this page: Pernick N Hemangioma. PathologyOutlines.com website. https://www.pathologyoutlines.com/topic/oralcavityhobnailhemangioma.html. Accessed June 2nd, 2023.
Definition / general
- Commonly in gingiva and tongue
- Benign, don't recur
- Am J Surg Pathol 1999;23:97, Minerva Stomatol 2009;58:613
Microscopic (histologic) description
- Well formed, dilated vascular channels in superficial dermis with dissecting pseudoangiomatous pattern in deeper dermis
- Endothelium exhibits hobnailing and stromal papillae but no multilayering or tufting
- No / mild atypia; no mitotic figures
Positive stains
- CD34, factor VIII related antigen and Ulex europaeus; variable CD31
Differential diagnosis
