title: [Palatal pleomorphic adenoma of an unusual size].
abstract: A sixty-year-old male patient presented with complaints of an intraoral mass, dysphonia, dysphagia, and snoring. Physical examination revealed a mass of 4 x 4 cm extending from the hard palate to the oropharynx. Fine needle aspiration biopsy showed a benign epithelial lesion. The mass was removed through a transoral approach. Histopathologic diagnosis was pleomorphic adenoma. No recurrences or surgery-associated complications were observed during a follow-up period of a year.
authors.affiliation: Department of Otolaryngology, Medicine Faculty of Kahramanmaraş Sütçü Imam University, Kahramanmaraş, Turkey. yildirimilhami@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Ilhami
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Yildirim
authors.forename: Erdoğan
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Okur
authors.forename: Yonca
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kanber
authors.forename: Yusuf Kenan
authors.initials: YK
authors.lastname: Coban
mesh_terms: D008949:Adenoma, Pleomorphic / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010157:Palatal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery