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Abstract
Oral soft-tissue myxomas of the oral cavity have been sparsely cited in the medical literature worldwide. This could be due to other clinically and/or histologically similar lesions requiring accurate differential diagnosis by experienced physicians and pathologists. Although myxomas are benign and do not metastasise, they have higher rates of recurrence and deserve proper attention and to be reported as well. Soft-tissue myxomas of the oral cavity are extremely rare and very few cases have been reported in the literature. The article describes a soft-tissue myxoma in a male patient in his 40s and review of published cases.
- dentistry and oral medicine
- health informatics
- pathology
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Contributors Research concept and design by MM, KC and ML. Collection and/or assembly of data by KC, MM and ML. Data analysis and interpretation by all authors. Writing the article by KC and BSM. Critical revision of the article by BSM and KC. Final approval of the article by BSM and MM.
Funding The authors have not declared a specific grant for this research from any funding agency in the public, commercial or not-for-profit sectors.
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Competing interests None declared.
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