HEMANGIOMAS AND VASCULAR MALFORMATIONS

Question 1

CONCEPT

Answer 1

• BENIGS TUMORS OF INFANCY, RAPID GROWTH PHASE, ENDOTHELIAL CELL PROLIFERATION, FOLLOWED BY GRADUAL INVOLUTION

Question 2

CHARACTERISITICS

Answer 2

• MOST HEMANGIOMAS NOT RECOGNIZED BIRTH, BUT ARISE SUBSEQUENTLY DURING FIRST 8 WEEKS LIFE
• DEVELOP SOFT TISSUE/BONE
• MOST COMMON TUMOR CHILDHOOD/FEMALES
• RANGE IN COLOR FROM RED TO BLUE (DEPENDING ON THE DEGREE OF CONGESTION AND THEIR DEPTH IN TISSUE)

Question 3

INTRAORALLY CLINICALLY

Answer 3

DORSUM TONGUE, GINGIVA, BUCCAL MUCOSA

Question 4

VASCULAR MALFORMATIONS

Answer 4

• STRUCTURAL ANOMALIES OF BLOOD VESSELS WITH NORMAL ENDOTHELIAL CELL TURNOVER
• PRESENT AT BIRTH/PERSIST LIFE

Question 5

FORMS

Answer 5

2 FORMS: CAPILLARY (SMALL VESSELS) AND CAVERNOUS (MADE UP OF LARGE THIN-WALLED VASCULAR SPACES)

Question 6

CONGENITAL HEMANGIOMA (STRAWBERRY NEVUS)

Answer 6

-FORM OF HEMANGIOMA FULLY DEVELOPED AT BIRTH
- LARGER VASCULAR MALFORMATIONS NOT INVOLUTE REQUIRE SURGICAL EXCISION/SCLEROTHERAPY

Question 7

DIFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS

Answer 7

DIASCOPY DIFFERENTIATE BETWEEN HEMANGIOMA/HEMATOMAS