Benign mesenchymoma of the palate: report of a case.
A case of benign mesenchymoma of the hard palate is presented. The lesion was completely excised and the tumor margins were shown to be free of disease. Within 4 months a second noncontiguous lesion arose of the opposite side of the palate and was also removed. Whether this represented a distinctly new lesion or possibly one which was seeded through previous diagnostic efforts was difficult to ascertain. Follow-up for more than 2 years has not revealed any further evidence of neoplasia.
Daly
J M
JM
Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Washington Hospital Center, Washington, DC.
Guttenberg
S A
SA
D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008637:Mesenchymoma / Q000473:pathology*; D008875:Middle Aged; D010157:Palatal Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*