Myxoid Liposarcoma

Biopsy Is Crucial For Diagnosis Of Mouth Neoplasms

Published in Cancer Weekly, March 20th, 2001

by Michelle Marble, staff medical writer - Periodontal masses of the mouth can have numerous diagnoses, and a biopsy is crucial for correct treatment, researchers in Italy assert.

"Liposarcoma is the second most frequent soft tissue sarcoma in adults, but it is extremely rare in the head and neck and, particularly, in the oral cavity," wrote G. Favia and colleagues. "We report on a 25-year-old female who presented with a periodontal mass, extended from the right upper third molar to the right upper second premolar, covered by intact oral mucosa."

Before biopsy, clinical differential diagnosis included peripheral giant cell granuloma, salivary gland...

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