Malignant Lymphoma
Spontaneous regression of extranodal malignant lymphoma can occur in the gingiva
Published in Cancer Weekly, May 20th, 2003
"The spontaneous regression of malignant neoplasm is an extremely rare event. Here we report a case of extranodal malignant lymphoma occurring in the upper gingiva, which regressed spontaneously," scientists in Japan report.
"A 78-year-old woman had noticed a diffuse bucco-lingual swelling of the left maxillary gingiva in the incisor regions for a month, and she visited our department on 20 January 1999," wrote M. Koga and colleagues, Kurume University School of Medicine.
"Intraoral examination revealed diffuse swelling and redness in the maxillary...
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