Hemangiomas are benign tumors comprising of ectatic blood vessels. Although common in the head and neck region, those occurring within the oral cavity and tongue are exceedingly rare. We report a 5-year-old boy with a swelling over the anterior third of tongue post failed conservative therapy eventually treated with surgical excision and confirmed histologically as a cavernous hemangioma probably first of its kind reported from Nepal.
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