左扁桃部血管腫の1例

A Case of Hemangioma of the Left Tonsil

I．はじめに

　舌，咽頭，喉頭に発生する腫瘍は数多いが血管腫は比較的稀なものである。

　われわれは左扁桃部に限局した血管腫の1例を経験したので報告する。

　A 65-year-old female presented with the chief complaint of odynophagia of about 20 years' duration.

　Examination revealed a thumb-finger-tip sized, dark purple mass in the upper pole of the left palatine tonsil.

　Arteriography showed the mass to be hemangioma with no major vessel supply. Left tonsillectomy was done under general anesthesia accompanied with ligation of the facial and lingual arteries. Histopathological report was cavernous hemangioma with phlebolith.

　Bibliographical discussions including etiology, clinical course, diagnosis and treatment were also done.