title: Indolent palatal swelling: Catch 22.
abstract: We present an interesting but intriguing case of an indolent palatal swelling. The lesion was asymptomatic causing little discomfort to the patient and thus was an incidental clinical finding. Provisional diagnosis was a benign, minor salivary gland tumor. Clinical differential diagnoses included benign lymphoepithelial lesion or mucus extravasation phenomenon. Nevertheless, we also considered malignancies such as mucoepidermoid carcinoma, lymphoma, and neoplasm of the maxillary sinus. However, the histopathology revealed a rare clinicopathologic entity prompting immediate treatment of the lesion.
authors.affiliation: Department of Oral Pathology and Microbiology, Subharti Dental College, Meerut, Uttar Pradesh, India.
authors.forename: Preeti
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Sharma
authors.affiliation: Department of Oral Pathology and Microbiology, Subharti Dental College, Meerut, Uttar Pradesh, India.
authors.forename: Vijay
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Wadhwan
authors.affiliation: Department of Oral Surgery, Subharti Dental College, Meerut, Uttar Pradesh, India.
authors.forename: K V Arun
authors.initials: KV
authors.lastname: Kumar
authors.affiliation: Department of Oral Pathology, Subharti Dental College, Meerut, Uttar Pradesh, India.
authors.forename: Arvind
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Venkatesh
authors.affiliation: Department of Oral Surgery, Subharti Dental College, Meerut, Uttar Pradesh, India.
authors.forename: Timsy
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Thapa
keywords: Palatal swelling; polymorphous low-grade adenocarcinoma; salivary gland tumor