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Hemangioma of the Hard Palate in an Elderly Patient as a Life-Threatening Surgical Emergency

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Abstract Hemangiomas of the head and neck are common benign tumors usually in childhood. They are rarely seen in hard palate. The authors present a geriatric patient with abundant hemorrhage… Click to show full abstract

Abstract Hemangiomas of the head and neck are common benign tumors usually in childhood. They are rarely seen in hard palate. The authors present a geriatric patient with abundant hemorrhage due to a capillary hemangioma of the hard palate. Management and treatment approaches of this rare, urgent, and life-threatening situation is discussed.

Keywords: palate elderly; hemangioma hard; elderly patient; life threatening; hard palate

Journal Title: Journal of Craniofacial Surgery
Year Published: 2018

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