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Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery ISSN: 2643-3907

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Lacin N, Yalcin M, Efeoglu BF, Izol BS, Tünel A (2018) The Treatment of Lymphangioma in the Buccal Mucosa by Surgical Excision: A Rare Case Report. Int Arch Oral Maxillofac Surg 2:013. 10.23937/iaoms-2017/1710013

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© 2018 Lacin N, et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.

CASE REPORT | OPEN ACCESS DOI: 10.23937/iaoms-2017/1710013

The Treatment of Lymphangioma in the Buccal Mucosa by Surgical Excision: A Rare Case Report

Nihat Lacin1*, Mustafa Yalcin2, Bayram Fatih Efeoglu1, Bozan Serhat Izol3 and Aynur Tünel1

1Department of Oral and Maxilofacial Surgery, Faculty of Dentistry, Izmir Katip Çelebi University, Izmir, Turkey

2Department of Oral and Maxilofacial Surgery, Faculty of Dentistry, Gaziantep University, Gaziantep, Turkey

3Department of Periodontology, Faculty of Dentistry, Dicle University, Diyarbakir, Turkey

Abstract

Lymphangiomas are benign hamartomatous tumors which are characterized by abnormal proliferation of lymphatic vessels. They are lymphatic malformations which are localized to head and neck region. They are rare located in the oral cavity. Tounge, lips, buccal mucosa, soft palate and floor of the mouth are affected in the oral cavity. However buccal mucosa is infrequent in litarature. In this report report, a rare case of lymphangioma of the left buccal mucosa of retromlar area in a 30-year-old female patient has been treated by surgical excision is presented.