UNPIGMENTED INTRAMUCOSAL NEVUS OF PALATE - AN UNUSUAL CLINICAL PRESENTATION

Authors
LASKARIS G KITTAS C TRIANTAFYLLOU A
Citation
G. Laskaris et al., UNPIGMENTED INTRAMUCOSAL NEVUS OF PALATE - AN UNUSUAL CLINICAL PRESENTATION, International journal of oral and maxillofacial surgery, 23(1), 1994, pp. 39-40
Citations number
7
Categorie Soggetti
Dentistry,Oral Surgery & Medicine
Journal title
International journal of oral and maxillofacial surgery → ACNP
ISSN journal
09015027
Volume
23
Issue
1
Year of publication
1994
Pages
39 - 40
Database
ISI
SICI code
0901-5027(1994)23:1<39:UINOP->2.0.ZU;2-8
Abstract
A case of unpigmented intramucosal nevus occurring in the palatal muco sa is described. It presented as a nodule and was diagnosed clinically as fibroma. The correct diagnosis was established histologically and immunohistochemically; the importance of this lesion is that it should be considered in the differential diagnosis of oral soft-tissue tumor s.