A case of mesenchymoma in the oral cavity clinically resembling a large pleomorphic adenoma.
A report is made of a 52-year-old male whose main complaint was a painless tumor at the right side of the palate resulting in speech disturbance. He was diagnosed as a case of what Stout called benign mesenchymoma. Some discussion is also made of the tumor pathology in terms of genetic factors, predirective sites, age range, sex differences and therapy.
D008949:Adenoma, Pleomorphic / Q000175:diagnosis; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008637:Mesenchymoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D008875:Middle Aged; D010157:Palatal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D012468:Salivary Gland Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis