title: Choristoma of the soft palate.
abstract: Choristoma is the pathological term for a developmental tumor-like anomaly consisting of tissues foreign to the site at which it is located. A 3-month-old girl with a choristoma of the soft palate is presented. Its occurrence is extremely rare, as shown by a review of the literature.
authors.affiliation: ENT Hospital, Graz, Austria.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kainz
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kobierski
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Jakse
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Beham
mesh_terms: D000273:Adipose Tissue; D002828:Choristoma; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D010157:Palatal Neoplasms; D010160:Palate, Soft; D012867:Skin