Pleomorphic adenoma of the cheek in a child: A case report

Salivary gland tumors are rare in children and, when they do arise, they mainly affect the major salivary glands. Minor salivary gland tumors are rare in children and are responsible for less than 10% of the cases. Pleomorphic adenoma is the most common tumor of the salivary glands. The most common...

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Autores principales: Jagadishkumar, Kalenahalli, Anilkumar, Mathod Ganeshrao, Krishna Kumar, Halasahalli Chowdegowda, Maggad, Rangaswamy
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Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4163834/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25225569
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author Jagadishkumar, Kalenahalli
Anilkumar, Mathod Ganeshrao
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Maggad, Rangaswamy
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description Salivary gland tumors are rare in children and, when they do arise, they mainly affect the major salivary glands. Minor salivary gland tumors are rare in children and are responsible for less than 10% of the cases. Pleomorphic adenoma is the most common tumor of the salivary glands. The most common sites of pleomorphic adenoma of the minor salivary glands are the palates, followed by the lips and the cheeks. Pleomorphic adenoma of the cheek is rare in children and only few cases have been reported so far.
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spelling pubmed-41638342014-09-15 Pleomorphic adenoma of the cheek in a child: A case report Jagadishkumar, Kalenahalli Anilkumar, Mathod Ganeshrao Krishna Kumar, Halasahalli Chowdegowda Maggad, Rangaswamy Dent Res J (Isfahan) Case Report Salivary gland tumors are rare in children and, when they do arise, they mainly affect the major salivary glands. Minor salivary gland tumors are rare in children and are responsible for less than 10% of the cases. Pleomorphic adenoma is the most common tumor of the salivary glands. The most common sites of pleomorphic adenoma of the minor salivary glands are the palates, followed by the lips and the cheeks. Pleomorphic adenoma of the cheek is rare in children and only few cases have been reported so far. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2014 /pmc/articles/PMC4163834/ /pubmed/25225569 Text en Copyright: © Dental Research Journal http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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