Soft Tissue Myxoma Involving Palatal Gingiva: A Diagnostic Dilemma

Abstract

Soft tissue myxomas are extremely rare benign soft tissue tumors of the oral cavity. They comprise of myxoid ground substance and often present as painless, slow-growing masses. Their differential diagnosis is challenging due to their non-specific clinical features and histopathologic similarities with other tumors of myxoid stroma. In this communication, diagnosis and management of soft tissue myxoma in the anterior palatal gingiva of a 22-year-old male patient is reported which clinically appeared as a routine hyperplastic growth. Both the incidence and location of this tumor was rare and has been sparsely reported in the literature.

Keywords

• benign tumors
• mesenchymal
• myxoma
• palatal gingiva