Hemangiomas are benign tumors in blood vessels that occur by traumatic or congenital origin. Lesions are appeared early in life, with 73% present at birth and 85% developing by the end of the first year. Head & neck hamangiomas represent about 25%∼3...
Hemangiomas are benign tumors in blood vessels that occur by traumatic or congenital origin. Lesions are appeared early in life, with 73% present at birth and 85% developing by the end of the first year. Head & neck hamangiomas represent about 25%∼33% of all hemangiomas. Kaban & Mulliken divided vascular birthmarks into two major categories : hemangioma and vascular malformation. Case 1 was diagnosed as cavernous hemangioma and the mass was excised completely and defected space was reconstructed with fat tissue. Case 2 was diagnosed definitely as traumatic A-V malformation by post-op histopathological examination and the mass was excised completely. This report describes two cases that were successfully treated by complete surgical excision for hemangioma in maxillofacial region.