Foreign Body in the Oral Cavity Mimicking a Benign Connective Tissue Tumor

Foreign bodies may be embedded in the oral cavity either by traumatic injury or iatrogenically. The commonly encountered iatrogenic foreign bodies are restorative materials like amalgam, obturation materials, broken instruments, needles, and impression materials. This paper describes an asymptomatic...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Puliyel, Divya, Balouch, Amir, Ram, Saravanan, Sedghizadeh, Parish P.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2013
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3619537/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23634307
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/369510
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Sumario:Foreign bodies may be embedded in the oral cavity either by traumatic injury or iatrogenically. The commonly encountered iatrogenic foreign bodies are restorative materials like amalgam, obturation materials, broken instruments, needles, and impression materials. This paper describes an asymptomatic presentation of a foreign body in the oral mucosa which clinically appeared like a benign connective tissue tumor.

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