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ETIOLOGY
CLINICAL FEATURES
ORAI MANIFESTATIONS
Head & neck are common regions for the development of
this neoplasm.
In mouth frequency of occurrence is palate, floor of mouth,
buccal mucosa, gin giva, lip, and vestibule
Sometimes Maxillary sinus and salivary glands as well as
the retropharyngeal, nasopharyngeal and retrotonsillar area
It is also been reported as central lesion within bone chiefly
the mandible, arising from the mandibular nerve.
Lesion occurring in the oral cavity is usually a single
circumscribed nodule of varying size that presents no
pathognomic features.
It may resemble any of benign oral tissue lesions.
Central lesion in bone may produce considerable destruction
of bone with expansion of cortical plates and thus resemble
a more serious lesion
Pain and Parasthesia may accompany these central lesions.
HISTOLOGIC FEATURES
Antonitype B:
Tissues do not exhibit the characteristics palliating pattern
but rather or disorderly arrangements of cells and fibers with
areas of what appears to be oedema fluids and with
formation of microcysts.
MALIGNANT FORMS:
They are rare tumours that come under the general heading
of soft tissue sarcoma.
Diagnostic Procedure
Diagnostic Procedure
CT scan
MRI
Treatment