title: Unusual hard palate foreign body: a case report.
abstract: Foreign bodies embedded in the palate are exceedingly rare, and may imitate oral lesions. The majority of cases occur in infants and children. The following report discusses the unique presentation of a foreign body in the hard palate of an infant. This report emphasizes that foreign bodies must be considered in the differential of lesions found in the oral cavity of children.
authors.affiliation: Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, University of Kansas Medical Center, 3901 Rainbow Boulevard, 3027 Sudler Hall, Kansas City, KS 66160, USA. arasband-lindquist@kumc.edu
authors.forename: Allison N
authors.initials: AN
authors.lastname: Rasband-Lindquist
authors.forename: Rodney
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Lusk
mesh_terms: D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D009061:Mouth Mucosa; D021362:Palate, Hard