Unifocal Eosinophilic Granuloma of the Buccal Gland: Report of a Case.

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  • SAKASHITA Hideaki
    Department of Dentistry and Oral Surgery, Ishikawa Prefectural Central Hospital
  • MIYATA Masaru
    Department of Dentistry and Oral Surgery, Ishikawa Prefectural Central Hospital
  • MIYAMOTO Hizuru
    Department of Dentistry and Oral Surgery, Ishikawa Prefectural Central Hospital
  • KURUMAYA Hiroshi
    Department of Dentistry and Oral Surgery, Ishikawa Prefectural Central Hospital
  • HAYASHI Morimoto
    Department of Pathology, Ishikawa Prefectural Central Hospital
  • KONO Naoko
    Department of Pathology, Asahigaoka Hospital

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A 28-year-old male patient, had complications of a submucosal tumor, which occured in the right cheek. The tumor was about 8mm in diameter. No abnormal findings were found in radiological examinations.<BR>Clinical diagnosis was benign submucosal tumor in the right cheek. Under local anesthesia, the tumor was resected with the covered oral mucosa.<BR>Pathological examination revealed a picture of eosinophilic granuloma, which occured in the buccal gland. On electronography, we found Langerhans' granule in the lesion.<BR>Upon investigation of the whole body, we found no evidence of other lesions. In the postoperative follow up of 21 months, we found no lesion in the right cheek or other parts of the body.<BR>Final diagnosis was unifocal eosinophilic granuloma.

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