Kaposiform Hemangioendothelioma of the Oral Cavity: A Rare Tumor with an Unusual Location.

Autor: Morais TML; Oral Pathology, Department of Oral Diagnosis, Piracicaba Dental School, University of Campinas, Piracicaba, Brazil., Sánchez-Romero C; Molecular Pathology Area, Faculty of Dentistry, Universidad de la República, Montevideo, Uruguay., Ribeiro L; Brazilian Association of Dentistry, Governador Valadares, Minas Gerais, Brazil., Faé DS; Oral Diagnosis, Department of Dentistry, Federal University of Juiz de Fora, Governador Valadares, Brazil., Verner FS; Oral Diagnosis, Department of Dentistry, Federal University of Juiz de Fora, Governador Valadares, Brazil., de Almeida OP; Oral Pathology, Department of Oral Diagnosis, Piracicaba Dental School, University of Campinas, Piracicaba, Brazil., de Aquino SN; Oral Diagnosis, Department of Dentistry, Federal University of Juiz de Fora, Governador Valadares, Brazil. sibele.aquino@ufjf.edu.br.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Head and neck pathology [Head Neck Pathol] 2021 Dec; Vol. 15 (4), pp. 1421-1425. Date of Electronic Publication: 2021 Mar 13.
DOI: 10.1007/s12105-021-01316-6
Abstrakt: Kaposiform hemangioendothelioma is a rare neoplasm with intermediate malignant behavior, mainly affecting infants and children. Involvement head and neck is uncommon, and there are only four cases reported in the oral cavity and oropharynx. Microscopically, it is characterized by a vascular proliferation permeated by spindle-to-ovoid cells resembling Kaposi sarcoma. Immunohistochemically, the tumor is positive for CD31, CD34 and negative for D2-40. Herein we present a rare case of intraoral Kaposiform hemangioendothelioma in a 10-year-old boy.
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Databáze: MEDLINE
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