Abstract
The objective of this work is to report the case of a 45-year-old dark-skinned female patient with the presence of an injury for 10 years and without treatment who attended the stomatology service with the main complaint of a "lump in the mouth." On intraoral examination, a nodular lesion on the hard palate was noted, with a normal color and with reddish spots in the center, a smooth, oval surface with a sessile base, sharp edges, and firm consistency, measuring 0.8 × 0.8 × 0.5 cm. The clinical hypothesis was pleomorphic adenoma (AP). An incisional biopsy was performed, and histopathologic sections revealed a benign neoplasm derived from the salivary gland. The patient was submitted to complete removal of the lesion after confirmation of the anatomopathologic diagnosis of AP. This case reinforces the importance of the stomatologist in elucidating the diagnosis of neoplasms in salivary glands as well as directing the conservative treatment.
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