외경정맥에서 기원한 해면상 혈관종 1예

Hemangioma is a common benign tumor that diagnosed in children. It is low incident in adult because of most hemangioma is involuted in children. Moreover hemangioma arising in blood vessel is extremely rare. Recently a 28 years old female presented a left lateral neck mass. A physical examination revealed a 1×2 cm sized ovoid shaped mass beside external jugular vein in left level III area. Histopathologic findings led to the diagnosis of a cavernous hemangioma which originated from external jugular vein. There was no evidence of recurrence after 2 months from the operation. We reported this case with a review of the literature. (J Clinical Otolaryngol 2006;17:257-260)