Angiokeratoma circumscriptum of the dorsal tongue in a child

Summary 

Angiokeratoma circumscriptum is a rare cutaneous vascular lesion normally localized to the lower extremities. There are two previous reports of angiokeratoma circumscriptum of the ventral tongue, both in male children, and neither case describes how the patients were treated. We present a 6-year-old boy with what we believe to be the first reported case of angiokeratoma circumscriptum of the dorsal tongue. The recurrent lesion was treated with surgical excision, with no recurrence of symptoms after 1-year of follow-up.

Keywords: Angiokeratoma, Oral cavity, Tongue