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Pathology Quiz Case
Patrick J. Gibbons, MD;
Celeste N. Powers, MD, PhD;
Evan R. Reiter, MD
Richmond, Va
Arch Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2001;127:1003-1004.
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A 68-YEAR-OLD WOMAN presented with an 8-year history of a slowly enlarging
mass on her soft palate. She described the mass as painless and denied any
history of trauma or symptoms of otalgia, dysphagia, dysphonia, dyspnea, or
weight loss. There was no history of tobacco or alcohol abuse.
Oral examination revealed a 2-cm submucosal soft tissue mass of the
left soft palate. This area was nonulcerated and nontender. Except for a large
goiter, no masses or lymphadenopathy was found in the neck. The results of
the rest of the head and neck examination were normal. A computed tomographic
scan of the head and neck region (Figure 1) revealed a 2.0 x 1.5-cm mass within the left soft palate,
extending into the uvula, with a small central area of hypodensity. There
were no enlarged lymph nodes. . . . [Full Text of this Article]
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