Unusual Manifestation of Benign Squamous Papilloma of the Uvula: A Case Report and Review of Literature

Squamous papilloma is an exophytic overgrowth of the soft tissue that is associated with human papillomavirus infection. It is rarely reported in the literature and uncommonly located on the uvula. We report a rare case of a squamous papilloma located in the uvula. Despite the small size of the tumo...

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Autores principales: Aldhafeeri, Khalid, Alshaikh, Mohammed, Kilany, Fawziyah, AlKhaldi, Saud, Alamri, Abdullah
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2020
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Otolaryngology
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7034761/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32133247
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.6716
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author Aldhafeeri, Khalid
Alshaikh, Mohammed
Kilany, Fawziyah
AlKhaldi, Saud
Alamri, Abdullah
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Alshaikh, Mohammed
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description Squamous papilloma is an exophytic overgrowth of the soft tissue that is associated with human papillomavirus infection. It is rarely reported in the literature and uncommonly located on the uvula. We report a rare case of a squamous papilloma located in the uvula. Despite the small size of the tumor, the patient complaints were significant to mass-related symptoms. In addition, related literature was reviewed and results were discussed. 
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spelling pubmed-70347612020-03-04 Unusual Manifestation of Benign Squamous Papilloma of the Uvula: A Case Report and Review of Literature Aldhafeeri, Khalid Alshaikh, Mohammed Kilany, Fawziyah AlKhaldi, Saud Alamri, Abdullah Cureus Otolaryngology Squamous papilloma is an exophytic overgrowth of the soft tissue that is associated with human papillomavirus infection. It is rarely reported in the literature and uncommonly located on the uvula. We report a rare case of a squamous papilloma located in the uvula. Despite the small size of the tumor, the patient complaints were significant to mass-related symptoms. In addition, related literature was reviewed and results were discussed.  Cureus 2020-01-21 /pmc/articles/PMC7034761/ /pubmed/32133247 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.6716 Text en Copyright © 2020, Aldhafeeri et al. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
spellingShingle Otolaryngology
Aldhafeeri, Khalid
Alshaikh, Mohammed
Kilany, Fawziyah
AlKhaldi, Saud
Alamri, Abdullah
Unusual Manifestation of Benign Squamous Papilloma of the Uvula: A Case Report and Review of Literature
title Unusual Manifestation of Benign Squamous Papilloma of the Uvula: A Case Report and Review of Literature
title_full Unusual Manifestation of Benign Squamous Papilloma of the Uvula: A Case Report and Review of Literature
title_fullStr Unusual Manifestation of Benign Squamous Papilloma of the Uvula: A Case Report and Review of Literature
title_full_unstemmed Unusual Manifestation of Benign Squamous Papilloma of the Uvula: A Case Report and Review of Literature
title_short Unusual Manifestation of Benign Squamous Papilloma of the Uvula: A Case Report and Review of Literature
title_sort unusual manifestation of benign squamous papilloma of the uvula: a case report and review of literature
topic Otolaryngology
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7034761/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32133247
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.6716
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