Rare tumours of the hard palate

The specimen cut into half a revealed a yellowish fibrous core surrounded by a capsule [Figure 1]b. A histopathological study of the specimen stained with haematoxylin and eosin demonstrated characteristic solid sheets of monotonous round-to-polygonal cells with granular cytoplasm and small round nu...

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Published in:Indian journal of plastic surgery 2013-01, Vol.46 (1), p.150-152
Main Authors: Mohapatra, Devi Prasad, Badhe, Bhavana A, Chittoria, Ravi Kumar, Ashokan, Arjun
Format: Article
Language:English
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Behavior
Care and treatment
Case studies
Chondrosarcoma
Cysts
Diagnosis
Letters to Editor
Medical research
Patient outcomes
Risk factors
Tumors
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Summary:The specimen cut into half a revealed a yellowish fibrous core surrounded by a capsule [Figure 1]b. A histopathological study of the specimen stained with haematoxylin and eosin demonstrated characteristic solid sheets of monotonous round-to-polygonal cells with granular cytoplasm and small round nuclei and well circumscribed by stratified squamous epithelium [Figure 1]c. Immunohistochemical evaluation of the tumour cells demonstrated positivity for vimentin [Figure 1]d but negativity for S100. According to the published literature, CGCT is seen exclusively on neonatal gingivae, presenting most commonly at birth, having a marked predilection for females, while GCT is rare in the first decade of life, being most frequently diagnosed between the third and sixth decades of life, and affecting a wide variety of visceral and cutaneous sites, also having a predilection for the females.
ISSN:0970-0358
1998-376X
DOI:10.4103/0970-0358.113740