Corpus alienum on hard palate - An unusual "misdiagnosis" of foreign body: A case report
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Published on: September 19, 2015
Nitesh Tewari1, Neerja Singh2, Subash Singh2
1Department of Pedodontics & Preventive Dentistry, Centre for Dental Education & Research, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India.
Abstract:
Corpus alienum or foreign body on hard palate is a rare presentation and often associated with a scare secondary to misdiagnosis. The potential dangers of respiratory obstruction, mucosal tear, nasopharyngeal inflammation and gastro-intestinal bleeding make these non-invasive foreign bodies, life threatening. A case report of a three year old girl with a 2.5cm×2cm plastic sticker lodged on hard palate for four months and misdiagnosed as salivary gland tumor has been reported along with a literature review.
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