The treatment of tongue haemangioma by plasma knife surgery

Kutluhan A, Bozdemir K, Ugras S
Correspondence: Prof Ahmet Kutluhan, ahkutluhan@hotmail.com

ABSTRACT
A seven-year-old girl presented with a 4 cm x 2 cm lesion of the tongue which was located at the posterior one-third in the midline. The lesion was excised by plasma knife surgery. No complication, such as bleeding, shortness of breath or infection, occurred after the treatment. Plasma knife surgery is an acceptable choice for selected benign lingual vascular malformations.

Keywords: haemangioma, oral cavity tumours, plasma knife surgery, radiofrequency surgery, tongue haemangioma, vascular tumours
Singapore Med J 2008; 49(11): e312-e314