%0 Journal Article %T Malformaci¨®n vascular intra¨®sea en el maxilar que se presenta en forma de sangrado gingival %A Naveenjayakumar %A Vivek %A N. %A Pradeep %A Nithin %A Salins %A P. %A Subhashraj %J Revista Espa£¿ola de Cirug¨ªa Oral y Maxilofacial %D 2009 %I Sociedad Espa?ola de Cirug¨ªa Oral y Maxilofacial %R 10.4321/S1130-05582009000600006 %X intraosseous arterio-venous malformations (avm) in the maxillofacial region are rare clinical entities. they have a wide range of clinical presentation and are not always diagnosed without a surprise. treatment of these lesions has always been a challenge to the surgeon due to extreme vascularity and the high recurrence rate. the case presented is that of an intraosseous arterio-venous malformation in the maxilla that started as gingival bleeding and routine radiographic examinations were inconclusive. surgical excision and bone wax packing was performed there were no recurrences during 1-year of follow-up. vascular malformations may be considered in differential diagnosis of gingival bleeding with inconclusive dental radiographs. %K intraosseous vascular malformations %K maxillary vascular lesions. %U http://scielo.isciii.es/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S1130-05582009000600006&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en