Unusual Benign Smooth Muscle Lesions of the Tongue: Review and Report of Two Cases

Benign smooth muscle proliferations are relatively rare in the oral cavity. Most are classified as angioleiomyomas, some as hamartomatous growths and a few as cutaneous-type leiomyomas. We present two cases of benign smooth muscle proliferations in the tongue, provide a review, briefly discuss histo...

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Veröffentlicht in:Head & neck pathology (Totowa, N.J.) N.J.), 2012-03, Vol.6 (1), p.121-124
Hauptverfasser: Darling, M. R., Wehrli, B., Zeligman, E., Smillie, J., Daley, T.
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:Benign smooth muscle proliferations are relatively rare in the oral cavity. Most are classified as angioleiomyomas, some as hamartomatous growths and a few as cutaneous-type leiomyomas. We present two cases of benign smooth muscle proliferations in the tongue, provide a review, briefly discuss histogenesis and offer a clinico-pathological differential diagnosis.
ISSN:1936-055X
1936-0568
DOI:10.1007/s12105-010-0229-8