PATHOLOGIC QUIZ CASE 1
Charles P. Kimmelman, MD; Steven D. Handler, MD; Antonia K. Uri, MD, Philadelphia
At birth, an otherwise healthy girl was noted to have a 2-cm polypoid mass attached to the premaxilla just to the left of the midline. The lesion was pink and lobulated (Fig 1). The infant had no difficulty breathing or nursing. The mass was excised when the patient was 4 weeks old without complications. Histopathology is shown in Fig 2.
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PATHOLOGIC QUIZ CASE 2
Douglas G. Mann, MD, Harold R. Pillsbury, MD, New Haven, Conn
A 9-year-old girl had an asymptomatic mass in the midline of the tongue that had been recently noted by her mother. There was no history of fever or chills. Physical examination indicated a 2 x 1-cm, well-circumscribed, firm, nontender mass on the dorsum of the tongue with normal-appearing epithelium (Fig 1). There was no adenopathy, and the results of the remainder of the examination were normal. The patient was treated with
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