Volume 24, Issue 103, May - June, 2020

Pleomorphic adenoma of the palate: An unusual location of a common entity - A case report

Chetan Gupta^1♦, Nitin Bhola², Anendd Jadhav³, Pawan Hingnikar⁴, Chinmay Ghavat¹

¹Post graduate student, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Sharad Pawar Dental College, Datta Meghe Institute of Medical Sciences, Wardha, Maharashtra, India
²Professor and head, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Sharad Pawar Dental College, Datta Meghe Institute of Medical Sciences, Wardha, Maharashtra, India
³Associate professor, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Sharad Pawar Dental College, Datta Meghe Institute of Medical Sciences, Wardha, Maharashtra, India
⁴Lecturer, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Sharad Pawar Dental College, Datta Meghe Institute of Medical Sciences, Wardha, Maharashtra, India

^♦Corresponding author
Post graduate student, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Sharad Pawar Dental College, Datta Meghe Institute of Medical Sciences, Wardha, Maharashtra, India Email: chetangupta890@gmail.com

ABSTRACT

The most common tumor of the salivary glands is Pleomorphic adenoma (PA). Approximately, 90% of these tumors occur in the parotid gland and 10% in the minor salivary glands. The palate is frequently affected site by PAs of the minor salivary glands. Herein, we report a case of PA of the palate, presented with intraoral swelling, and conclude that complete surgical excision can be a curative treatment for this benign tumor with 2 year follow-up.

Keywords: Pleomorphic adenoma, palate, minor salivary gland tumor, surgical treatment.

Medical Science, 2020, 24(103), 1164-1167

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