Histopathological typing of palatal swellings: Analysis of 52 cases

Abstract

Histopathological typing of 52 cases presented clinically with palatal swelling was performed retrospectively. The haemoatoxylene and cosin stained histological sections of related cases are retrieved from the files and re-examined microscopically. The study focused on the pathological processes involved ni these swellings. The results showed three pathological processes involved in these cases; namely, neoplastic, cystic and reactive. Of these, the neoplastic were slightly more common and comprise 38.8% of cases, tumors of minor salivary glands were more frequent, while the cystic and reactive comprise 34.3% and 26.9% respectively. Of the cystic lesions, the majority was of odontogenic origin, where as the reactive category cases of papillary hyperplasia of the palate were more frequent