dc.creator | Tsikopoulos A., Festas C., Fountarlis A., Sidiropoulou V., Chaitidis N., Symeonidis A., Kotsiafti A., Papazi T. | en |
dc.date.accessioned | 2023-01-31T10:14:02Z | |
dc.date.available | 2023-01-31T10:14:02Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2021 | |
dc.identifier | 10.11604/pamj.2021.38.61.27662 | |
dc.identifier.issn | 19378688 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/11615/79957 | |
dc.description.abstract | Fibromas are benign tumors of connective tissue common in the oral cavity but rare on hard palate. This paper reports on an asymptomatic, slowly growing mass on the hard palate of a 90-year-old lady, with a reported use of denture for two decades. The patient presented with a 2.2cm, smooth-surfaced, well-circumscribed nodule attached with a stalk to the palatal mucosa. After excision, the histopathological examination revealed a mass of fibrous connective tissue, covered by stratified squamous epithelium with focal low-medium grade hyperplasia and hyperkeratosis. These findings were consistent with irritation fibroma of hard palate, a rare entity, which should be considered as a possible diagnosis for tumors of the area by every physician. © Alexios Tsikopoulos et al. | en |
dc.language.iso | en | en |
dc.source | Pan African Medical Journal | en |
dc.source.uri | https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85102612802&doi=10.11604%2fpamj.2021.38.61.27662&partnerID=40&md5=c9bea55d42b5b7fc99e7c319e38fe98f | |
dc.subject | aged | en |
dc.subject | ameloblastoma | en |
dc.subject | arterial hypertonia | en |
dc.subject | artery disease | en |
dc.subject | Article | en |
dc.subject | case report | en |
dc.subject | chronic obstructive lung disease | en |
dc.subject | clinical article | en |
dc.subject | connective tissue | en |
dc.subject | coronary artery disease | en |
dc.subject | differential diagnosis | en |
dc.subject | female | en |
dc.subject | fibroma | en |
dc.subject | follow up | en |
dc.subject | hard palate fibroma | en |
dc.subject | histopathology | en |
dc.subject | human | en |
dc.subject | human tissue | en |
dc.subject | hyperkeratosis | en |
dc.subject | hyperplasia | en |
dc.subject | lipoma | en |
dc.subject | medical history | en |
dc.subject | mouth examination | en |
dc.subject | mouth hygiene | en |
dc.subject | neurofibroma | en |
dc.subject | oral lipoma | en |
dc.subject | oral surgery | en |
dc.subject | palatal fibroma | en |
dc.subject | palate disease | en |
dc.subject | papilloma | en |
dc.subject | pyogenic granuloma | en |
dc.subject | squamous epithelium | en |
dc.subject | teratoma | en |
dc.subject | torus palatinus | en |
dc.subject | very elderly | en |
dc.subject | fibroma | en |
dc.subject | hard palate | en |
dc.subject | hyperplasia | en |
dc.subject | jaw tumor | en |
dc.subject | pathology | en |
dc.subject | Aged, 80 and over | en |
dc.subject | Female | en |
dc.subject | Fibroma | en |
dc.subject | Humans | en |
dc.subject | Hyperplasia | en |
dc.subject | Palatal Neoplasms | en |
dc.subject | Palate, Hard | en |
dc.subject | African Field Epidemiology Network | en |
dc.title | Large irritation fibroma of hard palate: A case report of a rare clinical entity | en |
dc.type | journalArticle | en |