Korean J Otorhinolaryngol-Head Neck Surg.  2022 Jan;65(1):41-44. 10.3342/kjorl-hns.2020.01081.

Lobular Capillary Hemangioma of the Hypopharynx

• An TH
• Park SJ
• Shin MJ
• Song YJ

• KMID: 2524989
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.3342/kjorl-hns.2020.01081

Abstract

Lobular capillary hemangioma (LCH) is a rapidly growing benign vascular neoplasm of unknown etiology. LCH usually occurs on the cutaneous and mucosal surfaces, such as gingiva, lips, fingers, and face. LCH was previously called ‘pyogenic granuloma (PG),’ because it was thought to be granulation of tissue occurring in reaction to an infectious etiology despite the fact that it demonstrates no infectious signs in histology or microbiology. Instead, its features seem more like angiomatous lesions rather than granulomatous lesions, so the term ‘LCH’ has been used thereafter. Reports of LCH of hypopharynx have been rare. Here we report a 63-yearold male patient with LCH of hypopharynx with a review of related literature.

Keyword

Lobular capillary hemangioma; Pyogenic granuloma; Vascular neoplasms