title: Corpus alienum on hard palate - An unusual "misdiagnosis" of foreign body: A case report.
abstract: Corpus alienum or foreign body on hard palate is a rare presentation and often associated with a scare secondary to misdiagnosis. The potential dangers of respiratory obstruction, mucosal tear, nasopharyngeal inflammation and gastro-intestinal bleeding make these non-invasive foreign bodies, life threatening. A case report of a three year old girl with a 2.5cm×2cm plastic sticker lodged on hard palate for four months and misdiagnosed as salivary gland tumor has been reported along with a literature review.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pedodontics & Preventive Dentistry, Centre for Dental Education & Research, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India. Electronic address: dr.nitesht@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Nitesh
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Tewari
authors.affiliation: Department of Pedodontics & Preventive Dentistry, Babu Banarasi Das College of Dental Sciences, BBD University, Lucknow, U.P., India.
authors.forename: Neerja
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Singh
authors.affiliation: Department of Pedodontics & Preventive Dentistry, Babu Banarasi Das College of Dental Sciences, BBD University, Lucknow, U.P., India.
authors.forename: Subash
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Singh
authors.affiliation: Department of Pedodontics & Preventive Dentistry, Babu Banarasi Das College of Dental Sciences, BBD University, Lucknow, U.P., India.
authors.forename: Naina
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Agarwal
authors.affiliation: Department of Prosthodontics, Babu Banarasi Das College of Dental Sciences, BBD University, Lucknow, U.P., India.
authors.forename: Narendra Kumar
authors.initials: NK
authors.lastname: Gupta
mesh_terms: D002675:Child, Preschool; D003951:Diagnostic Errors; D005260:Female; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D021362:Palate, Hard; D012468:Salivary Gland Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*
keywords: Corpus alienum; Foreign body; Gossypiboma; Misdiagnosis