Volume 20, Number 2, June 2008
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Yiu-Kai Wong,1 Yue Cheng,2 Florence Man-Fung Cheung,2 Siu-Wah Pang,2 Jason Chi-Fung Cheng1
1Oral-maxillofacial Surgery and Dental Unit, and 2Department of Clinical Pathology, Pamela Youde Nethersole Eastern Hospital, Chai Wan, Hong Kong
Abstract
Solitary fibrous tumour is an uncommon spindle cell mesenchymal neoplasm of unpredictable behaviour. It is rarely found in the oral cavity. We describe a patient with solitary fibrous tumour in the left buccal mucosa. Characteristic histological and immunohistochemical features and treatment strategy are presented.
Key words: Immunohistochemistry, Mouth, Neoplasms, connective and soft tissue
Asian J Oral Maxillofac Surg. 2008;20:94-96.
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