Indian Journal of Public Health Research & Development

  • Year: 2019
  • Volume: 10
  • Issue: 9

A Rare Case Report of Recurrent Basal Cell Adenoma Involving Minor Salivary Gland of Hard Palate

  • Author:
  • Harsh Mohan Pathak1, Santosh Kumar Subudhi2, Satya Patnaik1, Swagatika Panda3, Kalyan Sundar Pal4,
  • Total Page Count: 3
  • Page Number: 1705 to 1707

1Reader, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Institute of Dental Sciences, Siksha ‘O'Anusandhan (Deemed to be University), Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India

2Professor, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Institute of Dental Sciences, Siksha ‘O'Anusandhan (Deemed to be University), Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India

3Reader, Department of Oral Pathology and Microbiology, Institute of Dental Sciences, Siksha ‘O'Anusandhan (Deemed to be University), Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India

4Post Graduate Trainee, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Institute of Dental Sciences, Siksha ‘O'Anusandhan (Deemed to be University), Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India

*Corresponding Author Kalyan Sundar Pal Post Graduate Trainee, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Institute of Dental Sciences, Siksha ‘O'Anusandhan (Deemed to be University), Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India e-mail: paulsaaheb@gmail.com

Online published on 13 November, 2019.

Abstract

Basal cell adenoma is a very rare monomorphic tumor of salivary gland that mainly involves the major salivary glands. Minor salivary gland involvement is a rare entity. A case of basal cell adenoma of heard palate of a 52-year-old woman was reported in Dept. Of OMFS, Institute of Dental Sciences, Siksha ‘O’ Anusandhan (Deemed to Be University), Bhubaneswar. The patient complains of swelling and discomfort during taking food and draining of pus from that swelling. On radiographic examination (on contrast enhanced computed tomography). Lesion was excised under local anesthesia and the excised tissue sent for histopathological study which reveals keratinized epithelium lined cystic space surrounded by fibrous capsule.

Keywords

Maxilla, Hard palate, Basal cell adenoma, Salivary Gland, radiographic examination