Central hemangioma of mandible presenting as massive radiolucency

• Main Authors: Simi Thankappan (Author), Valsa Thomas (Author), Nileena R Kumar (Author), K P Sharafudeen (Author), Sherin Nair (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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A hemangioma is a proliferation of blood vessels that creates a mass resembling a neoplasm. Some regard it as a true neoplasm while others state that it is a hamartoma resulting from proliferation of mesodermal cells that undergo endothelial differentiation and subsequently are canalized and vascula...