Slow-flow-type venous malformation of tongue

Vascular malformations arise as a result of abnormal embryonic development. These malformations are generally subdivided into slow-flow lesions (capillary malformation, lymphatic malformation and venous malformation) and fast-flow lesions (arterial malformations as aneurysm and arteriovenous malformation). We report a young patient with a large venous malformation (VM) involving the tongue. She came to the outpatient department for routine cleaning of teeth, when we noticed a solitary, large reddish purple-coloured lesion involving the anterior portion of the tongue. …