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Method of Studying Palatal Fusion using Static Organ Culture
Published on: September 19, 2015
Epidermoid cyst of the soft palate in an infant
Divya Uppala1, Sumit Majumdar1, Kameswara Rao1
1Department of Oral Pathology, GITAM Dental College, Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, India.
Abstract:
Epidermoid cysts are benign malformations that can be encountered anywhere in the body and are rarely observed in the oral cavity accounting for <0.01% of all cysts of the oral cavity. They can be classified as either congenital or acquired without any clinical or histologic differences. Our literature search did not find any report of a congenital epidermoid cyst located in the soft palate associated with a complete palatal cleft in an infant. This is a case report of a 9-month-old female patient who had a cleft palate with an associated soft tissue mass at the junction of soft palate and uvula.
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