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| Year : 2012 | Volume
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| Issue : 2 | Page : 229-231 |
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Congenital large maxillary teratoma
Hari Ram1, JD Rawat2, Seema Devi3, Nimisha Singh1, Vimlesh Kr Paswan1, Laxman R Malkunje1
1 Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Faculty of Dental Sciences, King George's Medical University, Lucknow, India
2 Department of Pediatric Surgery, King George's Medical University, Lucknow, India
3 Department of Radiotherapy, J N Medical College, AMU, Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh, India
Correspondence Address:
Hari Ram
Associate Professor, Department of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery, Faculty of Dental Sciences, King George's Medical University, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh
India
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DOI: 10.4103/0975-5950.111394
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Teratoma of the maxilla is a rare entity. Congenital intraoral teratoma occurs in 1:4000 births. It is a benign tumor, although malignancy has been described in adults. A 10-year-old male child with this condition is described in this report. This case illustrates a huge mass on the right side of the maxilla. The mass was excised under general anesthesia. Histopathologically, it consisted of all three layers of embryonic elements with predominantly fibrous tissue. Postoperative result was uneventful and no recurrence was detected after 2 years. |
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