Abstract
A case reported of Pleomorphic-adenoma arising in the left soft palate of a 43-year-old female. The patient complained that she had suffering from swelling in her left soft palate for 20 years. An elastic hard tumor, the size of the tip of a thumb without adhesion to the surrounding tissues, was found in the first-visit examination. An en-block resection of the tumor was performed under clinical diagnosis of a benign tumor. Microscopiccally, the tumor showed proliferation of glandular epithelial cells forming duct-like structures containing an eosinophilic secretion, and three pieces of calcified mass. Histopathological diagnosis was benign preomorphic-adenoma with calcified masses. These calcified masses in this tumor were thought to have been by degeneratin of the stroma tissues of the tumor.
