Case Report: Congenital gingival angiomatosis in a newborn lamb
Abstract
Proliferative vascular disorders are rare congenital tumor-like lesions that arise from anomalies in blood vessel development. A newborn Assaf lamb presented with a diffuse, multinodular, dark-red overgrowth of the periodontal gingiva, accompanied by refusal to suckle. The animal developed diarrhea and died 2 days after birth. Necropsy was performed, and histopathological examination of the oral lesions revealed a marked expansion of the gingival stroma by multiple, closely packed, small- to medium-sized vascular channels. These were lined by a single layer of von Willebrand factor- and vimentin-positive endothelial cells and were partially surrounded by alpha smooth muscle actin (α-SMA) - and vimentin-positive spindle cells, consistent with well-differentiated capillaries and post-capillary venules. Taken together, these findings were consistent with diffuse vascular gingival hamartomatosis/angiomatosis. The congenital nature and distribution of the lesions are supportive of a malformation of the periodontal vasculature.
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