Polyacrylamide soft tissue filler nodule mimicking a mucoepidermoid carcinoma
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| Publication date |
2008
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| Journal |
International Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
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| Volume | Issue number |
37 | 6
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| Pages (from-to) |
578-580
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| Organisations |
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Faculty of Dentistry (ACTA)
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| Abstract |
A 39-year-old woman is described in whom histopathologic examination of a nodule of the cheek mucosa was suggestive of a mucoepidermoid carcinoma. Only after the availability of a wider surgical specimen was a distinct foreign body reaction to polyacrylamide soft tissue filler observed. On inquiry, the patient admitted to having this filler injected into her nasolabial folds 3 years previously
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| Document type |
Article
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| Published at |
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijom.2008.01.008
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