title: Leiomyosarcoma of the soft palate.
abstract: Tumors of the smooth muscles are rarely seen, as the number of smooth muscles is low within the intraoral region. Leiomyosarcoma is a type of malign tumor originating from smooth muscles. The most common regions of leiomyosarcoma of the oral cavity are the maxilla and mandible. In this article, we present a leiomyosarcoma detected in a 20-year-old male patient who was admitted to the clinic with the complaint of a mass for about three months. The mass was located in the left half of the soft palate and it was resected en bloc with the mucosa. No recurrence was observed during the two-year follow-up period of the patient.
authors.affiliation: Department of Otolaryngology, Kasımpaşa Military Hospital, 34440 Kasımpaşa İstanbul, Turkey.
authors.forename: Ömer
authors.initials: Ö
authors.lastname: Sağlam
authors.forename: Samet Vasfi
authors.initials: SV
authors.lastname: Kuvat
authors.forename: Ümit
authors.initials: Ü
authors.lastname: Taşkın
authors.forename: Alper
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Yıldırım
authors.forename: Emre
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Hocaoğlu
mesh_terms: D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D007890:Leiomyosarcoma / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D010157:Palatal Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D010160:Palate, Soft / Q000473:pathology*; D055815:Young Adult