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ISSN : IJCMI Volume 1 • Issue 9 • 1000260 September, 2014 Clinical Images http://dx.doi.org/10.4172/ijcmi.1000260 International Journal of Clinical & Medical Imaging Title: Leukoplakia on Torus Palatinus Toshihiro Inagaki 1 , Makoto Adachi 1, *, Kei Ijichi 2 , Masayuki Motohashi 1 and Yasunori Muramatsu 1 1 Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Asahi University Murakami Memorial Hospital, Gifu, 500-8523, Japan 2 Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Nagoya City University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Nagoya 467-8601, Japan *Corresponding author: Makoto Adachi, DDS, PhD, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Asahi University Murakami Memorial Hospital, 3-23 Hashiotocho, Gifu 500-8523, Japan, Tel: +81-58-253-8011; E-mail: [email protected] A 65-year-old woman was referred to our clinic complaining of white lesions on the palate and of the surface feeling rough when the tongue touched it. She had no special medical problems, and no history of smoking or alcohol. Intraoral ﬁndings were of a hard mass on the palate 40×22 mm in diameter and with white lesions on the surface (Figure A). e white lesions were excised with adequate margins and bone mass under the mucosa was removed surgically. e pathology report diagnosed the white lesion as leukoplakia without atypical cells (Figure B). e patient had no complications or dysfunction aﬅer surgery. Torus palatinus is found in 20-30% of the population and is usually less than 2 cm in diameter. Most torus palatinus are asymptomatic and found by routine oral examination. White lesion of oral mucosa needs diﬀerential diagnosis such as candidiasis, lichen planus and leukoplakia. e leukoplakia may occur due to repeat irritation at the site. Copyright: © 2014 Toshihiro I, et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.

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ISSN : IJCMI

Volume 1 • Issue 9 • 1000260

September, 2014

Clinical Images

http://dx.doi.org/10.4172/ijcmi.1000260

International Journal of Clinical & Medical Imaging

Title: Leukoplakia on Torus PalatinusToshihiro Inagaki1, Makoto Adachi1,*, Kei Ijichi2, Masayuki Motohashi1 and Yasunori Muramatsu11Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Asahi University Murakami Memorial Hospital, Gifu, 500-8523, Japan2Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Nagoya City University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Nagoya 467-8601, Japan

*Corresponding author: Makoto Adachi, DDS, PhD, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Asahi University Murakami Memorial Hospital, 3-23 Hashiotocho, Gifu 500-8523, Japan, Tel: +81-58-253-8011; E-mail: [email protected]

A 65-year-old woman was referred to our clinic complaining of white lesions on the palate and of the surface feeling rough when the tongue touched it. She had no special medical problems, and no history of smoking or alcohol. Intraoral findings were of a hard mass on the palate 40×22 mm in diameter and with white lesions on the surface (Figure A). The white lesions were excised with adequate margins and bone mass under the mucosa was removed surgically. The pathology report diagnosed the white lesion as leukoplakia without atypical cells (Figure B). The patient had no complications or dysfunction after surgery. Torus palatinus is found in 20-30% of the population and is usually less than 2 cm in diameter. Most torus palatinus are asymptomatic and found by routine oral examination. White lesion of oral mucosa needs differential diagnosis such as candidiasis, lichen planus and leukoplakia. The leukoplakia may occur due to repeat irritation at the site.

Copyright: © 2014 Toshihiro I, et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.