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February 2007 : Single swelling hard palate, right side

Dolphine Oda, BDS, MSc
e-mail: doda@u.washington.edu

Case Summary and Diagnostic Information

This is a healthy 15-year-old Caucasian girl who first presented to the University of Washington Pediatric clinic with slight mucosal thickening and swelling in the right hard palate below teeth #s 4 & 5.

	History of Present Illness
	Medical History
	Clinical and Radiographic Findings
	Excisional Biopsy

After you have finished reviewing the available diagnostic information, make the diagnosis.

Contributed by
Drs. P. Brar, F Bales, J Evans & M Egbert
University of Washington and Seattle Children’s Hospital, WA