A Case of Myxoma Arising in the Buccal Mucosa

Masahiko Okubo; Yoshie Sano; Yosuke Fukushima; Taketo Tomoda; Shoichiro Kokabu; Tsuyoshi Sato

doi:10.1155/2021/1358481

Case Reports in Dentistry (Jan 2021)

A Case of Myxoma Arising in the Buccal Mucosa

Masahiko Okubo,
Yoshie Sano,
Yosuke Fukushima,
Taketo Tomoda,
Shoichiro Kokabu,
Tsuyoshi Sato

Affiliations

Masahiko Okubo: Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Saitama Medical University, 38 Morohongo, Moroyama-machi, Iruma-gun, Saitama 350-0495, Japan
Yoshie Sano: Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Saitama Medical University, 38 Morohongo, Moroyama-machi, Iruma-gun, Saitama 350-0495, Japan
Yosuke Fukushima: Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Saitama Medical University, 38 Morohongo, Moroyama-machi, Iruma-gun, Saitama 350-0495, Japan
Taketo Tomoda: Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Saitama Medical University, 38 Morohongo, Moroyama-machi, Iruma-gun, Saitama 350-0495, Japan
Shoichiro Kokabu: Division of Molecular Signaling and Biochemistry, Department of Health Improvement, Kyushu Dental University, 2-6-1 Manazuru, Kokurakita-ku, Kitakyusyu-shi, 803-8580, Japan
Tsuyoshi Sato: Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Saitama Medical University, 38 Morohongo, Moroyama-machi, Iruma-gun, Saitama 350-0495, Japan

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1155/2021/1358481
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 2021

Abstract

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Myxomas arising in the oral and maxillofacial areas are extremely rare. This study reports a case of myxoma arising in the soft tissue beneath the buccal mucosa of an 86-year-old man.

Published in Case Reports in Dentistry

ISSN: 2090-6447 (Print); 2090-6455 (Online)
Publisher: Wiley
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Medicine: Dentistry
Website: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/2415

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