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angiomyoma

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angiomyoma /an·gio·my·o·ma/ (-mi-o´mah) angioleiomyoma.
an·gi·o·my·o·ma (nj--m-m)

angiomyoma
[-mī·ō′mə] pl. angiomyomas, angiomyomata
Etymology: Gk, angeion + mys, muscle, oma
a tumor composed of vascular and muscular tissue elements.

angiomyoma
a hamartoma composed of blood vessels and smooth muscle.


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Some pathologists might have diagnosed our lesion as an angiomyoma because it also had this combination; however, it was more akin to a leiomyoma with abundant vessels and lacked the arrangement seen in venous hemangiomas.
(3-6) The histologically myxoid variant of angiomyoma is far less common and has not been reported in the oral cavity as a distinct entity.
 
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