Leiomyoma of Hard palate case report and review

Journal Title: Journal of the Indian Medical Association - Year 2019, Vol 117, Issue 5

Abstract

We report a rare case of Leiomyoma of The hard palate : Case Report and Review. A 42 year old male presented with a small 1 cm swelling over hard palate which was painless slow growing, non tender, smooth surface, overlying mucosa was reddish. Total excision was done with safe margins. The histopathological examination shown leiomyoma. This is rare tumour of hard palate which arise from unstriated muscle presented with slow growing swelling over hard palate. Treatment is total excision with safe margins followed by regular follow up

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Sushil Kumar Kashyap, Pallavi Agrawal, Ravindra Kumar

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Sushil Kumar Kashyap, Pallavi Agrawal, Ravindra Kumar (2019). Leiomyoma of Hard palate case report and review. Journal of the Indian Medical Association, 117(5), 33-35. https://europub.co.uk/articles/-A-626328