Department of Pathology, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center

February 2004, Case 402-1. Quiz set! Click here to see.

A 9 month-old girl with a mass in the hard palate 

Clinical information: A 9 month old girl presented with a 2.5 cm mass involving the anterior portion of the hard palate. The mass is covered by intact mucosa and did not seem tender. Imaging studies showed a poorly demarcated, radiolucent, destructive lesion. The mass was excised. The following photomicrographs were taken from representative areas of this mass.

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