title: Foreign body simulating a hard palate lesion in a child.
abstract: Foreign bodies embedded in the palate are unusual findings and can occasionally mimic other types of oral cavity pathology. We present a case report of a foreign body in the palate of a infant girl which mimicked an odontogenic cyst. A review of the literature and a brief discussion of the differential diagnoses are included.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Paediatric Otolaryngology, Children's Hospital of Alabama, University of Alabama at Birmingham 35233, USA.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Tseng
authors.forename: A L
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: Woolley
mesh_terms: D003803:Dentigerous Cyst / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D009059:Mouth Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D010159:Palate / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed