Soft-Tissue Chondroma of Anterior Gingiva: A Rare Entity

Soft-tissue chondroma is a rare, benign, slow-growing tumor made up of heterotopic cartilaginous tissue. It occurs most commonly in the third and fourth decades in the hands and feet. Oral soft-tissue chondromas are uncommon and soft-tissue chondroma of gingiva is extremely uncommon. Here, we report...

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Autores principales: Jeyasivanesan, Dhana Lakshmi, Pazhaningal Mohamed, Shameena, Pandiar, Deepak
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi 2018
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5872656/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29725547
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2018/3642827
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author Jeyasivanesan, Dhana Lakshmi
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description Soft-tissue chondroma is a rare, benign, slow-growing tumor made up of heterotopic cartilaginous tissue. It occurs most commonly in the third and fourth decades in the hands and feet. Oral soft-tissue chondromas are uncommon and soft-tissue chondroma of gingiva is extremely uncommon. Here, we report an unusual case of soft-tissue chondroma of gingiva in a 50-year-old woman.
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spelling pubmed-58726562018-05-03 Soft-Tissue Chondroma of Anterior Gingiva: A Rare Entity Jeyasivanesan, Dhana Lakshmi Pazhaningal Mohamed, Shameena Pandiar, Deepak Case Rep Dent Case Report Soft-tissue chondroma is a rare, benign, slow-growing tumor made up of heterotopic cartilaginous tissue. It occurs most commonly in the third and fourth decades in the hands and feet. Oral soft-tissue chondromas are uncommon and soft-tissue chondroma of gingiva is extremely uncommon. Here, we report an unusual case of soft-tissue chondroma of gingiva in a 50-year-old woman. Hindawi 2018-03-13 /pmc/articles/PMC5872656/ /pubmed/29725547 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2018/3642827 Text en Copyright © 2018 Dhana Lakshmi Jeyasivanesan et al. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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