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Case Report
 
Leiomyoma of hard palate: A rare case report
G. Siva Prasad Reddy1, B. Jagannadha Prasad2, A. Bhargavi Krishna3, P.S.S.Tejaswini4, J. Laxmi Sravya4, S. Sushma4, E. Padmini4
1MDS, Professor, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Panineeya Mahavidyalaya Institute of Dental Sciences and Research Centre, Road No 3, Kamalanagar, Dilsukhnagar, Hyderabad, Telangana, India
3MS DLO, Associate Professor, Department of Otorhinolaryngology & Head and Neck Surgery, Mediciti Institute of Medical Sciences, Medchal mandal, Ghanpur, Hyderabad, Telangana, India
3MDS, Professor, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology, Panineeya Mahavidyalaya Institute of Dental Sciences and Research Centre, Road No 3 Kamalanagar, Dilsukhnagar, Hyderabad, Telangana, India
4BDS, Post Graduate Student, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Panineeya Mahavidyalaya Institute of Dental Sciences and Research Centre, Road No 3, Kamala Nagar, Dilsukhnagar, Hyderabad, Telangana, India.

Article ID: Z01201704CR10786GR
doi:10.5348/ijcri-201747-CR-10786

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Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Panineeya Institute of Dental Sciences and Research Centre
Road No-5 Kamala Nagar, Dilsukhnagar,
Hyderabad, Telangana

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Reddy GSP, Prasad BJ, Krishna AB, Tejaswini PSS, Sravya L, Sushma S, Padmini E. Leiomyoma of hard palate: A rare case report. Int J Case Rep Images 2017;8():270–274.

Abstract

Introduction: Leiomyomas are benign, soft tissue tumors, arising from the smooth muscle. They usually affect the muscular layer of the gut and body of the uterus. Oral leiomyomas are extremely rare and are thought to arise from the smooth muscle wall of blood vessels. They present as slow growing, well-circumscribed, painless swellings accounting for only 0.42% of soft tissue neoplasms [1] of the oral cavity.
Case Report: A 14 years old boy presented to our department with a chief complaint of slow-growing mass since six months duration in the left hard palate. Based on the history, clinical, radiological and histopathological findings the mass was diagnosed as leiomyoma of hard palate. Immunohistochemistry was carried out for a more precise confirmation of the tumor, which showed positivity for SMA and vimentin. The mass was treated by extraction of the involved teeth followed by surgical excision of the tumor. No recurrence was noted during four month follow-up.
Conclusion: Oral leiomyomas are very rare, with low recurrence rates. These benign lesions respond well to surgical excision of tumor mass. In this paper, we present a case of leiomyoma of hard palate in a 14 years old boy, along with a brief note on review of literature on leiomyoma.

Keywords: Leiomyoma, Oral leiomyoma, Smooth muscle tumor, Hard palate tumor



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Author Contributions
G. Siva Prasad Reddy – Substantial contributions to conception and design, Acquisition of data, Analysis and interpretation of data, Drafting the article, Revising it critically for important intellectual content, Final approval of the version to be published
B. Jagannadha Prasad – Substantial contributions to conception and design, Acquisition of data, Analysis and interpretation of data, Drafting the article, Revising it critically for important intellectual content, Final approval of the version to be published
A. Bhargavi Krishna – Substantial contributions to conception and design, Acquisition of data, Analysis and interpretation of data, Drafting the article, Revising it critically for important intellectual content, Final approval of the version to be published
P.S.S. Tejaswini – Substantial contributions to conception and design, Acquisition of data, Analysis and interpretation of data, Drafting the article, Revising it critically for important intellectual content, Final approval of the version to be published
J. Laxmi Sravya – Substantial contributions to conception and design, Acquisition of data, Analysis and interpretation of data, Drafting the article, Revising it critically for important intellectual content, Final approval of the version to be published
S. Sushma – Substantial contributions to conception and design, Acquisition of data, Analysis and interpretation of data, Drafting the article, Revising it critically for important intellectual content, Final approval of the version to be published
E. Padmini – Substantial contributions to conception and design, Acquisition of data, Analysis and interpretation of data, Drafting the article, Revising it critically for important intellectual content, Final approval of the version to be published
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