title: Pleomorphic adenoma of the palate.
abstract: Pleomorphic adenoma is the most common mixed benign tumor of major salivary glands. Approximately 80% of these tumors arise in the parotid gland, whereas 7% arise in the minor salivary glands. The most common sites for minor salivary gland where pleomorphic adenoma arises are the palates followed by lips and cheek. We report a palate mass in a 46-year-old male patient. The initial cytologic diagnosis by fine-needle aspiration biopsy was pleomorphic adenoma. This report describes a case of pleomorphic adenoma regarding all distinctive diagnoses with the review of the literature.
authors.affiliation: Departments of Oral Surgery, Faculty of Dentistry, Institute of Oncology, Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey.
authors.forename: Mehmet Ali
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Erdem
authors.forename: Abdulkadir Burak
authors.initials: AB
authors.lastname: Cankaya
authors.forename: Gülşah
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Güven
authors.forename: Vakur
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Olgaç
authors.forename: Cetin
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Kasapoğlu
mesh_terms: D008949:Adenoma, Pleomorphic / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D000328:Adult; D044963:Biopsy, Fine-Needle; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010157:Palatal Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D021362:Palate, Hard; D011862:Radiography, Panoramic