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Pleomorphic adenoma arises very rarely in the palate of children, although it isthe most common benign salivary gland tumor in adults. This paper describes a case of pleomorphic adenoma arising in the palate of a 9-year-old girl. She was referred to our hospital for evaluation of a swelling in the right side of the palate. The clinical diagnosis was a benign palatal tumor. Histopathological examination of a biopsy specimen, taken with the patient under local anesthesia, revealed a pleomorphic adenoma. The tumor was removed under general anesthesia, and macroscopic examination disclosed a firm, opaline, encapsulated nodule. The microscopic diagnosis of the entire nodule was also pleomorphic adenoma of a palate. Healing was completed by 50 days after the operation, and there has been no clinical evidence of recurrence as of 30 months there after.
