Juvenile pleomorphic adenoma of masticator space: The first case report

Pleomorphic adenoma (PA), also called benign mixed tumor, is the most common tumor of the salivary glands. About 90% of these tumors occur in the parotid gland and 10% in the minor salivary glands. Juvenile PAs are uncommon and about 5-10% of minor salivary gland PA affects patients aged 20 years an...

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Published inContemporary clinical dentistry Vol. 4; no. 4; pp. 527 - 530
Main Authors Panigrahi, Rajat, Sahoo, Sujit, Panda, Swagatika, Lenka, Sthitaprajna, Padhiary, Subrat, Bhuyan, Ruchi, Bhuyan, Sanat
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published India Medknow Publications Pvt Ltd 01.10.2013
Medknow Publications and Media Pvt. Ltd
Medknow Publications & Media Pvt. Ltd
Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd
Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications
Subjects
Adenoma
Care and treatment
Case Report
Case studies
Children & youth
Dentistry
Diagnosis
Exocrine glands
Health aspects
Juvenile
masticator space
minor salivary gland
Mouth
Mouth diseases
Physiological aspects
pleomorphic adenoma
Salivary glands
Tumors
Juvenile
minor salivary gland
pleomorphic adenoma
masticator space
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Summary:Pleomorphic adenoma (PA), also called benign mixed tumor, is the most common tumor of the salivary glands. About 90% of these tumors occur in the parotid gland and 10% in the minor salivary glands. Juvenile PAs are uncommon and about 5-10% of minor salivary gland PA affects patients aged 20 years and under. The most common sites of PA of the minor salivary glands are the palate followed by lips and cheek. Other rare reported sites include the throat, floor of the mouth, tongue, tonsil, pharynx, retromolar area and nasal cavity. The masticator space is a deep facial space with a complex anatomical structure where PA is not known to occur. Here, we report an unusual case of PA of left masticator space in a 16-year-old girl patient, which to the best of our knowledge is the first reported case in English language literature.
ISSN:0976-237X
0976-2361
DOI:10.4103/0976-237X.123065