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Case Reports
. 2020 Jun 9;13(6):e234297.
doi: 10.1136/bcr-2020-234297.

Haemangioma on the palate next to a maxillary tori in an edentulous patient: a challenge to the prosthodontist

Anoop Mayya  1 , Prashanti Eachempati  2 , Sumanth Kumbargere Nagraj  3 , Kiran Kumar  2
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Haemangioma on the palate next to a maxillary tori in an edentulous patient: a challenge to the prosthodontist

Anoop Mayya et al. BMJ Case Rep. .
No abstract available

Keywords: dentistry and oral medicine; haemangioma.

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Competing interests: None declared.

Figures

Figure 1
Figure 1
Intraoral view of palatal tori with haemangioma posteriolaterally and cone beam CT (CBCT) image of the same. Coronal section in mid-palatal region showing resorption of palatal bone (green arrow) on the left side. Note the tori in the centre of the palate (pink arrow). (Scale 1.43) Planmeca 3Ds CBCT unit (Helsinki, Finland); 200 μm voxel, 90 kVp, 12 mA, 12.35 s exposure.
Figure 2
Figure 2
Intraoral view of U-shaped prosthesis avoiding the torus and haemangioma.
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