Article Text
Rare disease
CASE REPORT
Angioleiomyoma of the upper lip
Summary
This report describes a case of labial angioleiomyoma in a 52-year-old woman. The patient had noticed a slow-growing painless isolated mass in her upper lip for 6 months. The mass was surgically excised, and pathological examination was consistent with angioleiomyoma. Surgical excision was curative, and there was no recurrence at 12-month follow-up.
- Dentistry and oral medicine
- Ear, nose and throat/otolaryngology
- Mouth
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Footnotes
Contributors YH treated the patient, reviewed the literature and wrote the manuscript. FS was involved in pathological diagnosis and manuscript writing. CS wrote the manuscript.
Competing interests None declared.
Patient consent Obtained.
Provenance and peer review Not commissioned; externally peer reviewed.