Foreign Bodies Simulating a Congenital Palatal Fistula and Vascular Anomaly

Foreign Bodies Simulating a Congenital Palatal Fistula and Vascular Anomaly

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...

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Main Authors: Mekonen Eshete, Fikre Abate, Taye Hailu, Mulualem Gessesse, Azeez Butali
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2015-01-01
Series:Case Reports in Dentistry
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/387092
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spelling doaj-fa7d6e151c3243dbb60d064d7fc3d3da2021-07-02T13:49:09ZengHindawi LimitedCase Reports in Dentistry2090-64472090-64552015-01-01201510.1155/2015/387092387092Foreign Bodies Simulating a Congenital Palatal Fistula and Vascular AnomalyMekonen Eshete0Fikre Abate1Taye Hailu2Mulualem Gessesse3Azeez Butali4Cleft Lip and Palate Program, Yekatit 12 Hospital Medical College, Addis Ababa, EthiopiaYekatit 12 Hospital Medical College, Addis Ababa, EthiopiaYekatit 12 Hospital Medical College, Addis Ababa, EthiopiaYekatit 12 Hospital Medical College, Addis Ababa, EthiopiaDepartment 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, USAForeign 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.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/387092
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author Mekonen Eshete
Fikre Abate
Taye Hailu
Mulualem Gessesse
Azeez Butali
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Fikre Abate
Taye Hailu
Mulualem Gessesse
Azeez Butali
Foreign Bodies Simulating a Congenital Palatal Fistula and Vascular Anomaly
Case Reports in Dentistry
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Fikre Abate
Taye Hailu
Mulualem Gessesse
Azeez Butali
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title Foreign Bodies Simulating a Congenital Palatal Fistula and Vascular Anomaly
title_short Foreign Bodies Simulating a Congenital Palatal Fistula and Vascular Anomaly
title_full Foreign Bodies Simulating a Congenital Palatal Fistula and Vascular Anomaly
title_fullStr Foreign Bodies Simulating a Congenital Palatal Fistula and Vascular Anomaly
title_full_unstemmed Foreign Bodies Simulating a Congenital Palatal Fistula and Vascular Anomaly
title_sort foreign bodies simulating a congenital palatal fistula and vascular anomaly
publisher Hindawi Limited
series Case Reports in Dentistry
issn 2090-6447
2090-6455
publishDate 2015-01-01
description 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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