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. 2013:2013:369510.
doi: 10.1155/2013/369510. Epub 2013 Mar 24.

Foreign body in the oral cavity mimicking a benign connective tissue tumor

Divya Puliyel  1 , Amir Balouch, Saravanan Ram, Parish P Sedghizadeh
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Foreign body in the oral cavity mimicking a benign connective tissue tumor

Divya Puliyel et al. Case Rep Dent. 2013.

Abstract

Foreign bodies may be embedded in the oral cavity either by traumatic injury or iatrogenically. The commonly encountered iatrogenic foreign bodies are restorative materials like amalgam, obturation materials, broken instruments, needles, and impression materials. This paper describes an asymptomatic presentation of a foreign body in the oral mucosa which clinically appeared like a benign connective tissue tumor.

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Figure 1
Figure 1
(a) 5 mm by 3 mm yellowish-white mass in the mucobuccal fold region of the lower right second premolar. A bluish-purple hyperpigmentation similar to the appearance of an amalgam tattoo is also noted on the alveolar process between the premolars. (b) Radiograph shows no radiopacity in the region of the premolars. The lingual tori can be seen as well-defined areas of radiopacity overlying the tooth roots of the molars.
Figure 2
Figure 2
(a) 5 mm by 3 mm well-defined green mass with a thin membranous capsule. (b) Histopathology shows an acellular pale green amorphous material with multiple areas of vacuole formation.
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