Choristomas of the oral cavity: a review.
The choristoma is a tumorlike mass of normal cells in an abnormal location. Intraoral choristomas have been reported under a wide variety of names. This comprehensive review of the English-language literature on oral choristomas offers a classification of these lesions, analyzes their clinical and histologic features, and discusses possible pathogeneses and treatment.
Chou
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Division of Oral Pathology, School of Dentistry, University of California, San Francisco.
Hansen
L S
LS
Daniels
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D001859:Bone Neoplasms; D002356:Cartilage; D002828:Choristoma; D005753:Gastric Mucosa; D006801:Humans; D009062:Mouth Neoplasms; D009457:Neuroglia; D012468:Salivary Gland Neoplasms; D012626:Sebaceous Gland Neoplasms; D013964:Thyroid Neoplasms