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Oral Cavity and Oropharynx

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Evidence-Based Management of Head and Neck Vascular Anomalies

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Abstract

Three vascular lesions are commonly encountered in the oropharynx. These are hemangioma, venous malformation, and lymphatic malformation. A fourth type of vascular anomaly, arteriovenous malformation, may also occur in the oropharynx but only as an extension of a nearby larger lesion. As such, it is better considered outside of the anatomic subsection of the oropharynx. Each of these three types will be discussed separately with respect to phenotype, etiology, natural history, and treatment.

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  1. Division of Otolaryngology, Texas Children’s Hospital, Houston, TX, USA

    Joseph L. Edmonds MD, FACS, FAAP

  2. Baylor College of Medicine, Children’s ENT of Houston, Houston, TX, USA

    Joseph L. Edmonds MD, FACS, FAAP

  3. Department of Radiology, Baylor College of Medicine, Texas Children’s Hospital, Houston, TX, USA

    Sheena Pimpalwar MD

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  1. Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, University of Washington, Seattle Children’s Hospital, Seattle, WA, USA

    Jonathan A. Perkins

  2. Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA

    Karthik Balakrishnan

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Edmonds, J.L., Pimpalwar, S. (2018). Oral Cavity and Oropharynx. In: Perkins, J., Balakrishnan, K. (eds) Evidence-Based Management of Head and Neck Vascular Anomalies. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-92306-2_27

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