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http://dx.doi.org/10.5933/JKAPD.2016.43.1.79

Minimally Invasive Surgery in a Pediatric Palatal Plasmacytoid Myoepithelioma  

Nam, Okhyung (Department of Pediatric Dentistry, School of Dentistry, Kyung Hee University)
Lee, Baeksoo (Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, School of Dentistry, Kyung Hee University)
Lee, Sooeon (Department of Pediatric Dentistry, School of Dentistry, Kyung Hee University)
Kim, Kwangchul (Department of Pediatric Dentistry, Kyung Hee University Dental Hospital at Gangdong)
Choi, Sungchul (Department of Pediatric Dentistry, School of Dentistry, Kyung Hee University)
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Journal of the korean academy of Pediatric Dentistry / v.43, no.1, 2016 , pp. 79-84 More about this Journal
Abstract
Myoepithelioma is a rare disease in the salivary gland. Myoepithelioma is more common in adults than in children or adolescents. An 8-years-old female patient visited our clinic with a chief complaint of a painless swelling on the palate. Conservative treatment that preserves the overlaying palatal mucosa while surgically excising the tumor was carried out under general anesthesia, because the patient was young and the size of the tumor was relatively large. The surgical wound healed well and there had not been any sign of recurrence during the regular follow-up period of 40 months. Minimally invasive surgical treatment which preserves peripheral palatal tissue can be useful in a pediatric myoepithelioma.
Keywords
Myoepithelioma; Minimally invasive; Conservative;
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