Intravascular papillary endothelial hyperplasia (IPEH) is a reactive vascular lesion characterized by excessive endothelial proliferation within a vascular lumen of commonly dilated vessels, associated to organizing thrombi or even secondary to other vascular lesions, such as hemagiomas and pyogenic granulomas. Oral lesions of IPEH are uncommon, being lips the most frequent site, followed by, in decreasing frequency, tongue and buccal mucosa. Clinically, IPEH appears as bluish nodules that resembles clinical features of lesions as hemangioma, mucocele and varice. On histopathological examination, IPEH presents as papillary projections composed by a fibrous core lined by one or two layers of plump endothelial cells, without evidence of celullar pleomorphism, mitotic activity or necrosis. The mean peculiarity of IPEH is its histologic similarity to angiosarcoma and possible misinterpretation with malignant neoplasm. In this article, the author describe a rare case of oral IPEH and review of literature, emphasizing its histopathologic features and diferencial diagnosis.
Intravascular papillary; endothelial hyperplasia; Intravascular angiomatosis; Masson's vegetant; intravascular; hemangioendothelioma
