Large irritation fibroma of palate – a rare presentation
Keywords:
Irritation fibroma, hard palate, large sizeAbstract
A 65-year-old lady presented with large, asymptomatic normal coloured pedunculated growth of 3.5 centimeter in length over hard palate since last two years. Patient had a history of betel leaf and nut ingestion with other irritant agents for several decades. All hematological investigations were within normal limit but radiographic imaging revealed soft tissue shadow. After excision, histopathological examination revealed bundles of spindle cells producing extensive collagen in both radiating and circular pattern in lower dermis with focal pseudoepitheliomatous hyperplasia in mucosal epithelium and chronic inflammatory infiltrates in submucosa. All these features were consistent with irritation fibroma with unusual size. It was located in palate which was very unusual location.References
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