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| Year : 2014 | Volume
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Submandibular vascular hamartoma with phleboliths mimicking sialolithiasis
Sharad Ramdas1, Anita Ramdas2, Moses M Ambroise2, Renu G'Boy Varghese2
1 Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Pondicherry Institute of Medical Sciences, Pondicherry, India
2 Department of Pathology, Pondicherry Institute of Medical Sciences, Pondicherry, India
Correspondence Address:
Anita Ramdas
Department of Pathology, Pondicherry Institute of Medical Sciences, Kalapet - 605 014, Pondicherry
India
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DOI: 10.4103/1595-9587.146504
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The differential diagnoses of radiopacities in the orofacial region include sialoliths, calcified lymph nodes, tuberculous nodes, and uncommon phleboliths. We report a case of a 37-year-old lady with intermittent unilateral left-sided submandibular swelling caused by a vascular hamartoma with phleboliths, which was initially diagnosed as submandibular sialolithiasis. |
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