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Review
. 1991 Nov;72(5):584-93.
doi: 10.1016/0030-4220(91)90498-2.

Choristomas of the oral cavity: a review

L S Chou  1 , L S Hansen, T E Daniels
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Choristomas of the oral cavity: a review

L S Chou et al. Oral Surg Oral Med Oral Pathol. 1991 Nov.

Abstract

The choristoma is a tumorlike mass of normal cells in an abnormal location. Intraoral choristomas have been reported under a wide variety of names. This comprehensive review of the English-language literature on oral choristomas offers a classification of these lesions, analyzes their clinical and histologic features, and discusses possible pathogeneses and treatment.

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