title: Pleomorphic adenoma: a rare intraoral pediatric tumor.
abstract: Minor salivary gland tumors are rare in the pediatric population. The most common minor salivary gland neoplasm is pleomorphic adenoma of the hard palate. We report a case of a 7-year-old patient presenting with a slow-growing palatal lesion, which upon diagnosis we confirm to be a pleomorphic adenoma. These lesions require radical excision with careful dissection due to risks of malignant transformation, pain, interference with dentition, and tumor seeding. Given the risk of recurrence, it is important that these patients be monitored long term following extirpation. Our patient remains recurrence free at most recent follow-up, 5 years following initial extirpation. The addition of this case contributes further information regarding demographics, diagnosis, and treatment of these tumors.
authors.affiliation: Division of Pediatric Plastic Surgery, Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15201, USA.
authors.forename: Zoe M
authors.initials: ZM
authors.lastname: MacIsaac
authors.forename: Sanjay
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Naran
authors.forename: Joseph E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Losee
mesh_terms: D008949:Adenoma, Pleomorphic / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D044963:Biopsy, Fine-Needle; D002648:Child; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D003952:Diagnostic Imaging; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010157:Palatal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D021362:Palate, Hard / Q000473:pathology*; D012468:Salivary Gland Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D012470:Salivary Glands, Minor / Q000473:pathology*