title: Case report: foreign body in the palate of an infant.
abstract: Most foreign body aspirations occur in children younger than five years old, with 65% of deaths affecting infants younger than one year. A reasonably uncommon eventuality is attachment and retention of the foreign body to the oral mucosal tissues and in particular to the soft tissues of the hard palate. The following report discusses the unusual presentation of a foreign body in the palate of a child as well as the treatment carried out to facilitate the removal of the object. This report aims to highlight the importance of considering an impacted foreign body in the differential diagnosis of a palatal mass in an infant.
authors.affiliation: Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Queen Mary's Hospital, Sidcup, Kent / Guy's Hospital, Guy's Tower, London.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Hussain
authors.forename: A J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Brown
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Chavda
mesh_terms: D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D010157:Palatal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology; D021362:Palate, Hard / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D016896:Treatment Outcome