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Case Reports
. 2017 Dec 22:2017:bcr2017221629.
doi: 10.1136/bcr-2017-221629.

Maxillary chondrosarcoma mimicking torus palatinus

Marina Brimioulle  1 , Philippe Frederick Bowles  1 , Andrew Pelser  1
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Case Reports

Maxillary chondrosarcoma mimicking torus palatinus

Marina Brimioulle et al. BMJ Case Rep. .
No abstract available

Keywords: head and neck cancer; head and neck surgery; oral and maxillofacial surgery; otolaryngology / ent.

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Competing interests: None declared.

Figures

Figure 1
Figure 1
Midline palatal swelling covered by mucosa.
Figure 2
Figure 2
CT scan of the head and sinuses—axial views. The scan shows a 52×43×36 mm mass of mixed density. Inferiorly, the mass breaches the hard palate to enter the oral cavity. Superiorly, it extends up to the ethmoid air cells. Laterally, it extends to the medial walls of the maxillary sinuses. Posteriorly, it extends to the junction of the hard and soft palates.
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