악안면부에 발생한 임파관종에 관한 고찰

A clinical study on lymphangioma of oral and maxillofacial region

This is a retrospective study on lymphangioma of jaw bone and soft tissue. This is based on pathologic reports and clinical charts of 10 patients treated as inpatient and outpatient at Dept. of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, College of Dentistry, Seoul National University between 1980 and 1987. The results obtained are as follows. 1. Age distribution of patient ranged from birth to 19 years of age. 2. The ratio of men to women was 50:50. 3. The most common location of lymphangioma was buccal cheek mucosa (40%), tongue (30%) and gingiva (20%) were next in decreasing order. 4. The most frequent misdiagnosis of lymphangioma was hemangioma (50%). 5. On microscopic view, simple lymphangioma was 70%, cavernous lymphangioma was 20% and hemangiolymphangioma was 10%. 6. The mean duration from patient s fiist recognition of lesion to visiting doctor was 7.2 years. The most chief complaint was multiple small. pebble -like masses (40%). 7. Recurrence: 2 cases (20%).