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Revista Cubana de Estomatología

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Abstract

HERNANDEZ PEDROSO, Luis. INVERTED PAPILLOMA: A CASE REPORT. Rev Cubana Estomatol [online]. 2005, vol.42, n.1, pp. 0-0. ISSN 1561-297X.

The clinical case of a patient that visits the Service of Maxillofacial surgery of "Miguel Enríquez" Hospital with an increase of volume in the left hemimaxilla that appear after exodontia of 26 and 27 2 months before, is presented aimed at showing an uncommon case, its diagnosis and conduction. The patient reveals rhinolalia and hypoacusia. On the physical examination, it was found tumefaction that erases the bottom of the vestibular sulcus of premolars and molars of the left side, of hard consistency, and with a central area of granular aspect. On the rhinoscopic examination, it is observed a hypocolored tumoral mass that occupies the left nasal fossa and deviate the nasal septum to the opposite side. Imaging studies ratify the presence of a tumor on the left nasal fossa. The incisional biopsy performed confirms the histopathological diagnosis of inverted papilloma. This uncommon case had a satisfactory solution by surgical resection.

Keywords : Inverted papilloma; nose tumors; benign neoplasia; tumors.

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