title: Oral Leiomyoma in Retromolar Trigone.
abstract: Leiomyoma is benign tumour arising from smooth muscle that occurs between 40 and 49 years of age. Leiomyomas are a rare entity in the oral cavity and if present they are usually localized on tongue, lips and palate. Leiomyoma appears to be well-defined mass, with slow growth. The treatment is surgical excision. We report a 10-year girl child, with a lump in the right retromolar trigone region intraorally. Excisional biopsy performed under general anaesthesia revealed the specimen to be a leiomyoma. The low incidence of this pathology, the age of the patient and the location are unusual.
authors.affiliation: Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Abbasi Shaheed Hospital, Karachi.
authors.forename: Hira
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ejaz
authors.affiliation: Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Karachi Medical and Dental College, Karachi.
authors.forename: Khalid
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Mehmood
authors.affiliation: Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Karachi Medical and Dental College, Karachi / Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Karachi Medical and Dental College, Karachi.
authors.forename: Shazia Sarwat
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Iqbal
mesh_terms: D001706:Biopsy; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007889:Leiomyoma / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery*; D009062:Mouth Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery*; D011862:Radiography, Panoramic; D016896:Treatment Outcome