title: [A woman with a pigmentation of the hard palate].
abstract: A bluish flat pigmented lesion of the hard palate of a 51-year-old woman was excised to exclude malignancy, in particular oral malignant melanoma. On histopathological examination, depositions of black pigment were seen accompanied by several foreign body giant cells. Probably due to a childhood trauma, a pencil point had penetrated the hard palate.
authors: Medisch Centrum Leeuwarden, afd. Mondziekten, Kaak- en Aangezichtschirurgie, Leeuwarden.
authors: Erik H
authors: EH
authors: van der Meij
authors: Judith
authors: J
authors: Nieken
authors: Jan G A M
authors: JG
authors: de Visscher
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D021362:Palate, Hard / Q000473:pathology*; D010858:Pigmentation; D014947:Wounds and Injuries / Q000175:diagnosis*