epithelioid hemangioendothelioma of tongue: a rare presentation

Hemangioendothelioma is a diverse set of proliferative and neoplastic vascular lesions with biological characteristics that fall halfway between benign hemangioma and malignant angi-osarcoma. hemangioendothelioma of the oral cavity is extremely rare and if present, it is seen on lips, gingiva, tongue, maxilla, and mandible. the following case report is about a lesion on the right ventrolateral border of the tongue of a six-year-old female patient. a laser excision was done. histopathology revealed the features of hemangioendothelioma. an immunohistochemical (ihc) study was done to correlate the findings with a histopatho-logical picture and arrived at the final diagnosis of epithelioid hemangioendothelioma (ehe). the patient was followed up for two years and no recurrence was noticed.