Soft tissue chondroma of the oral cavity: an extremely rare tumour localized on the hard palate.
Chondromas are benign cartilaginous tumors usually localized within the tubular bones of the extremities. Soft tissue chondromas (STCs) are rare and only few cases have been reported in the oral cavity. The present case documents the exceptional finding of a 12-year-standing STC of the hard palate of a 63-year-old man. The tumor measured approximately 6 cm in its larger size and it was radically excised through the use of a quantic resonance molecular (QRM) lancet. No recurrence was observed during 1-year follow-up. A concise review of the relevant literature is included in the present paper.
Center of Oral Laser Surgery and Oral Pathology, Dental School, Department of Biomedical, Biotechnological and Translational Sciences, University of Parma, Via Gramsci 14, 43125 Parma, Italy.
Paolo
P
Vescovi
Center of Oral Laser Surgery and Oral Pathology, Dental School, Department of Biomedical, Biotechnological and Translational Sciences, University of Parma, Via Gramsci 14, 43125 Parma, Italy.
Marco
M
Meleti
Center of Oral Laser Surgery and Oral Pathology, Dental School, Department of Biomedical, Biotechnological and Translational Sciences, University of Parma, Via Gramsci 14, 43125 Parma, Italy.
Elisabetta
E
Merigo
Center of Oral Laser Surgery and Oral Pathology, Dental School, Department of Biomedical, Biotechnological and Translational Sciences, University of Parma, Via Gramsci 14, 43125 Parma, Italy.
Maddalena
M
Manfredi
Section of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Department of Biomedical, Biotechnological and Translational Sciences, University of Parma, Italy.
Domenico
D
Corradi
Center of Oral Laser Surgery and Oral Pathology, Dental School, Department of Biomedical, Biotechnological and Translational Sciences, University of Parma, Via Gramsci 14, 43125 Parma, Italy.
Ilaria
0000-0001-8157-4046
I
Giovannacci
Section of Maxillofacial Surgery, Department of Biomedical, Biotechnological and Translational Sciences, University of Parma, Italy.
Tito
T
Poli
University of Liège, Belgium.
Samir
S
Nammour