Case presentation A 26-year-old male reported to the hospital with reddish spots on the tongue, associated with a burning sensation. The patient was aware of the lesion since childhood but left it untreated. Initially, the lesion was present only in a small area, however, with advancing age, the lesion spread over the whole tongue.
Intraoral examination Pebbled appearance on the dorsum of the tongue (Cover image A) Erythematous areas with bluish discoloration on the lateral borders, dorsal, and ventral surfaces of the tongue (Cover image B) Papillary hyperplasia on the tongue Soft, non-tender lesion on palpation Histopathological findings (Figure 1) Several intervening dilated lymphatic vessels were present in the loose fibrovascular stroma. A thin, single layer of endothelial cells lined the juxtraepithelially dilated tortuous vessels, with red blood cells and lymphocytes present in…
