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Clinical, tomographic and histopathological aspects of the nasopalatine duct cyst
2014; Elsevier BV; Volume: 80; Issue: 5 Linguagem: Inglês
10.1016/j.bjorl.2014.05.020
ISSN1808-8694
AutoresJanaina Almeida Mesquita, Aníbal Henrique Barbosa Luna, Cassiano Francisco Weege Nonaka, Gustavo Pina Godoy, Pollianna Muniz Alves,
Tópico(s)dental development and anomalies
ResumoA 41-year-old female leukoderma patient was referred bythe orthodontist with a suspected maxillary injury. Thepatient had no complaints, and reported 11/21 extrac-tions due to caries as a child. On physical examination,no facial asymmetry was noted mucosae were intact(Fig. 1A). Computed tomography (CT) showed a sin-gle hypodense and well-delineated lesion, approximately1.0 cm×0.7 0.8 in size, following thecourse ofnasopalatineduct(Fig.1B).Excisionalbiopsywasperformed(Fig. 1C), and thespecimen was sent to Oral Pathol-ogy Laboratory, where a cystic cavity lined by thin columnarpseudostratified epithelium, consisting of one to three celllayers and a dense fibrous cystic capsule, was observedon microscopic examination (Fig. 1D). A predominantlymononuclear inflammatory infiltrate was evident in the cystlumen. From the clinical, tomographic, and histopatholog-ical findings, the diagnosis of nasopalatine duct cyst was
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