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Pathological Case of the Month
Joseph Rose, MD;
Bejan Iranpour, DDS;
Walter Markowitch, MD;
Vernon Loveless, DMD;
Paul F. Lehoullier, MD, PhD
From the Medicine-Pediatrics Residency Program, Strong Memorial Hospital (Dr Rose); the Departments of Oral Maxillofacial Surgery (Dr Iranpour) and Pathology (Dr Markowitch), The Genesee Hospital; the Department of Oral Surgery (Dr Loveless), and Rochester General Pediatric Associates (Dr Lehoullier), Rochester General Hospital, Rochester, NY.
Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 2001;155:735-736.
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A 10-MONTH-OLD girl was evaluated for facial swelling lasting for 3 days over the left premaxilla-nasal area. There was no history of trauma, nasal discharge, or fever. On physical examination a 3-cm mass in the left nasomaxillary area was evident. On palpation the mass was firm, fixed, nontender, and extended toward the malar eminence. Intraorally, the mass obliterated the left maxillary vestibule from the midline to the molar region; palatal displacement by the mass was noted. A facial computed tomographic scan showed a large 19 x 21-mm round/ovoid lucency in the anterior maxilla. The margins of the lesion included the left alveolar ridge to just under the orbital floor. The sinuses were intact. Focal bony destruction of the maxilla over the anterior portion of the mass and perforation of the nasal floor was . . . [Full Text of this Article]
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