Foreign Bodies Simulating a Congenital Palatal Fistula and Vascular Anomaly

Mekonen Eshete; Fikre Abate; Taye Hailu; Mulualem Gessesse; Azeez Butali

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Foreign Bodies Simulating a Congenital Palatal Fistula and Vascular Anomaly

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Foreign Bodies Simulating a Congenital Palatal Fistula and Vascular Anomaly

Mekonen Eshete, Fikre Abate, Taye Hailu, Mulualem Gessesse and Azeez Butali

Case reports in dentistry, Vol.2015, pp.387092-4

2015

DOI: 10.1155/2015/387092

PMCID: PMC4446471

PMID: 26075109

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Abstract

Foreign bodies embedded in the palate are uncommon findings and may occasionally mimic oral lesions. In the majority of the cases, foreign body embedment in the palate happens in infants and children who are unable to give history. Physical examination in the oral cavity of this group of patients in order to arrive at a definitive diagnosis is limited. We present two female infants with foreign bodies adherent to the hard palate. The first was ten months old and the second was 11 months old. In both cases the materials removed from the palate were plastic in nature (black or red in color and circular in shape). The first simulated a palatal fistula and the second a vascular anomaly.

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Title: Subtitle: Foreign Bodies Simulating a Congenital Palatal Fistula and Vascular Anomaly
Creators: Mekonen Eshete - Cleft Lip and Palate Program, Yekatit 12 Hospital Medical College, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Fikre Abate - Yekatit 12 Hospital Medical College, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Taye Hailu - Yekatit 12 Hospital Medical College, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Mulualem Gessesse - Yekatit 12 Hospital Medical College, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Azeez Butali - Department of Oral Pathology, Radiology and Medicine and Dows Institute for Dental Research at the College of Dentistry, University of Iowa, ML2198, 500 Newton Road, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA
Resource Type: Journal article
Publication Details: Case reports in dentistry, Vol.2015, pp.387092-4
DOI: 10.1155/2015/387092
PMID: 26075109
PMCID: PMC4446471
NLM abbreviation: Case Rep Dent
ISSN: 2090-6447
eISSN: 2090-6455
Publisher: Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Grant note: DOI: 10.13039/100000002, name: National Institutes of Health, award: R00-DE022378
Language: English
Date published: 2015
Academic Unit: Oral Pathology, Radiology and Medicine; Stead Family Department of Pediatrics; Craniofacial Anomalies Research Center; Dental Research
Record Identifier: 9984065800702771

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