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Case Reports
. 2021 May 17:2021:9938672.
doi: 10.1155/2021/9938672. eCollection 2021.

Pediatric Pleomorphic Adenoma of the Palate

Jerome A Lindeboom  1 , Jean-Pierre T F Ho  2 , Naomi Donner  3 , Willem H Schreuder  4
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Case Reports

Pediatric Pleomorphic Adenoma of the Palate

Jerome A Lindeboom et al. Case Rep Dent. .

Abstract

Pleomorphic adenoma is the most common salivary gland tumor but is extremely rare in pediatric patients. The parotid gland is the most affected salivary gland, and the minor salivary glands are rarely affected. Here, we report a case of a 12-year-old boy with a pleomorphic adenoma of the palate.

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The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interest or personal relationship that could appear to influence the work reported in this paper.

Figures

Figure 1
Figure 1
Photograph of the swelling of the left palate with intact overlying mucosa.
Figure 2
Figure 2
MRI sections showing a well-defined, homogenous enhancing lesion in the left palate.
Figure 3
Figure 3
Image of the excised palatal tumor, with macroscopically intact capsule.
Figure 4
Figure 4
Image of the palatal defect after tumor resection.
Figure 5
Figure 5
The wound was covered with a fabricated palatal acrylic plate.
Figure 6
Figure 6
(a–c) Histopathological examination of the tissue showed a mucosal excision. In the submucosal stroma, there was a multinodular tumor consisting of 2 components. One component showed solid fields of cells with round to oval nuclei and eosinophilic cytoplasm. There was also a component of spindled cells within a myxoid matrix, with perivascular condensation of the cells. The tumor was clearly demarked from the surrounding stroma.
Figure 7
Figure 7
Photograph of the postoperative healing 4 months after surgery.
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