Abstract
A 63-year-old white female patient who underwent renal transplant was referred by the oral surgeon to the oral medicine unit. She complained of discomfort on the left maxilla evolving for 3 months. She was taking mycophenolate mofetil prescribed by the nephrologist. As a previous treatment of the lesion, tooth 24 was treated endodontically, but no improvement was noted. Intraoral physical examination showed yellowish ulcerated lesion of firm consistency on the hard palate (region 23 to 26) with superficial necrosis. The presence of a submucosal nodule in the vestibule (region 43 to 45) was also observed. Clinically, the palatine lesion was compatible with neoplasia and the submucosal nodule with salivary retention cyst. Imaging and preoperative examinations were requested for posterior incisional biopsy of the 2 lesions. Histopathologic diagnosis (hematoxylin and eosin and immunohistochemistry) was double non-Hodgkin´s lymphoma. She was referred for treatment at the oncology department.
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