Successful Management of Lip and Oral Venous Varices by Photocoagulation with Nd:YAG Laser.

AIM: This study assessed the effectiveness of photocoagulation with Nd:YAG laser in the treatment of lip and oral venous varices. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Sixteen consecutive patients (eight men and eight women, mean age 56 years) diagnosed as having either lip or oral venous varices, were examined and treated with a noncontact Nd:YAG laser. As lesions were small (less than 1 cm), round or oval in shape, flat, dark to blue in color and symptomless, patients sought for treatment either for esthetic reason, bleeding or cancerophobia-related concern. RESULTS: All but one lesion were successfully treated with only one irradiation exposure. Healing was completed in about 2 to 4 weeks; none of the patients experienced complications or recurrence. Pain was out of any major concern during immediate follow-up. CONCLUSION: Although photocoagulation with Nd:YAG laser did not outperform the effectiveness observed with diode laser (data shown in a previous study),(17) it proved to be safe and effective for the treatment of lip and oral varices, with consistent results. CLINICAL SIGNIFICANCE: Most of patients with oral and lip varices only need some clinical advice regarding the their nature of their lesions. Yet, for those who seek treatment for this conditions, the use Nd:YAG laser is an option as it yields satisfactory outcomes.

Rhabdomyomatous (mesenchymal) hamartoma presenting as haemangioma on the upper lip: a case report with immunohistochemical analysis and treatment with high-power lasers.

Rhabdomyomatous hamartoma is a rare disease that occurs predominantly in the skin. This paper describes a congenital lesion in a 17-year-old male, who came to our clinic presenting a circumscribed swelling involving the oral mucosa and vermillion border of the upper lip, purplish in color, and blanching under pressure. The patient reported that he had had lesion since his birth. A clinical diagnosis was of congenital haemangioma, and the patient was treated by photocoagulation using diode laser. When the lesion became smaller, by having its blood content reduced, the upper portion of the lesion was sliced off with CO2 laser and the tissue was sent for microscopic analysis. Histopathological examination showed an oral mucosa fragment with proliferation of striated muscle bundles admixed with small blood vessels, collagen, and nerve fibres. A supplementary analysis with immunohistochemistry demonstrated positivity for desmin, HHF35, smooth muscle actin, S-100, and CD34. Based on these findings, the lesion was diagnosed as rhabdomyomatous hamartoma. The aesthetic result has been very satisfactory after a 14-month followup.

Lip and oral venous varices treated by photocoagulation with high-intensity diode laser.

Lip and oral venous varices are acquired benign vascular lesions characterized by a darkblue to violaceous papule or nodule, commonly found on the ventral tongue and lower lip. Although these lesions are usually asymptomatic, they can bleed if injured. This study assessed the effectiveness of photocoagulation with high-intensity diode laser in the treatment of these lesions. Thirty-two patients (14 men and 18 women; mean age, 56 years) with lip and oral venous varices were examined and treated with a noncontact diode laser. With one exception, all cases were successfully treated with a single irradiation exposure session. Healing was complete in about 2 to 3 weeks; none of the patients experienced complications or recurrence. Photocoagulation with high-intensity diode laser was proven to be safe and effective for the treatment of lip and oral venous varices, with consistent results.

Reação liquenoide oral de contato por hipersensibilidade ao amálgama: relato de 5 casos / Orallichenoid contact reaction by hypersensitivity to amolgam: report of 5 cases

Reações liquenoides orais de contato (RLC) resultam predominantemente por mecanismo de hipersensibilidade da mucosa oral a componentes presentes nas restaurações de amálgama, cujas lesões apresentam características clínicas e histopatológicas seme¬lhantes às do líquen plano oral (LPO) idiopático. A diferenciação entre RLC e LPO idiopá¬tico se faz, essencialmente, pela observação da melhora clínica ou desaparecimento das lesões RLC após a substituição das restaurações de amálgama por materiais restauradores não-metálicos. No presente artigo, 5 casos clínicos de RLC são relatados, enfatizando-se o processo de diagnóstico e tratamento.

Lichenoid contact reactions (LCR) occu r mostly as hypersensitivity reactions of the oral mucosa to components of amalgam restorations, with clinical and histopathologic charac¬teristics similar to those of idiopathic orallichen pia nus (OLP). The differentiation betweenl LCR and idiopathic OLP is made mainly by observation of clinical improvement or disappea¬rance of LCR lesions after replacement of amalgam resolutions by non-metallic restorativel materiais. The present article report 5 cases of LCR, in which the diagnostic approach anol treatment are emphasized.