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A diffuse swelling over the left side of the hard and soft palate
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Intraoral examination revealed an oval-shaped, circumscribed lesion, adherent to the underlying structures, covered with slightly erythematous palatal mucosa (Fig. 1).
Orthopantomogram showing lesion involving the left side of the hard palate
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The checkup orthopantomogram (Fig. 2) did not reveal pathological changes in the bone structures and then due to the clinical examination, outlook and the history of the disease the decision concerning surgical excision of the lesion was made.
Surgical procedure
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Excision of the mass was done under anesthesia (Fig. 3).
Surgically excised lesion
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Then the wide dissection was performed and the whole encapsulated tumor mass was excised (Fig. 4) along with the mucoperiosteum and the eroded bone of the palate with the boundary line localized in the surrounding healthy tissue (Fig. 5).