title: [Unusual location of an oral squamous cell carcinoma].
abstract: A 52-year-old woman was found to have a small squamous cell carcinoma of the palatal gingiva of teeth 21 and 22. Such a location is extremely rare. Treatment consisted of a partial maxillectomy. The defect was closed by a partial denture. During the 5 year follow-up period no signs of local recurrence or metastatic spread occurred.
authors.affiliation: Uit de afdeling Mondziekten en Kaakchirurgie/Orale Pathologie van hetVrije Universiteit medisch centrum (VUmc)/Academisch Centrum Tandheelkunde Amsterdam (ACTA).
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Kuin
authors.forename: E J
authors.initials: EJ
authors.lastname: van Croonenburg
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: van der Waal
mesh_terms: D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D005887:Gingival Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009062:Mouth Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local; D016896:Treatment Outcome