Abstract
Tufted angioma (TA) is a benign vascular tumor with endothelial origin. It is extremely rare in oral mucosa; only seven cases have been reported in the literature so far. Here, we describe two cases of tufted angioma observed in children and we also present a review of the literature about this pathology, concerning the differential diagnosis and management of this lesion in children.
Highlights
Tufted angioma (TA) is a rare benign vascular tumor with endothelial origin characterized by slow and indolent growths [1,2,3]. This lesion was first described by Nakagawa in 1949 [4], who named it as angioblastoma and, later, Macmillan and Champion [5] renamed it as progressive capillary haemangioma
The aim of this paper is to report two cases of tufted angioma affecting children and to review the literature about this pathology, discussing the differential diagnosis and management of these lesions
Notwithstanding, according to the literature, oral tufted angioma is most common in adults, where males are affected twice as much as females
Summary
Tufted angioma (TA) is a rare benign vascular tumor with endothelial origin characterized by slow and indolent growths [1,2,3]. This lesion was first described by Nakagawa in 1949 [4], who named it as angioblastoma and, later, Macmillan and Champion [5] renamed it as progressive capillary haemangioma. The aim of this paper is to report two cases of tufted angioma affecting children and to review the literature about this pathology, discussing the differential diagnosis and management of these lesions.
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