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case_images: Preoperative horizontal MRI scan indicating the location (white arrow) of the adenocarcinoma of the right palatomaxillary region. [L]: left side; [R]: right side; [A]: anterior aspect; [P]: posterior aspect.
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case_images: A 74-year-old, male ASA-III patient presented with an adenocarcinoma of the right palatomaxillary region (Figure 1) and was scheduled for maxillectomy for tumor excision and placement of an obturator prosthesis.
case_images: The expelled bone fragment and a cm-scale. The bone fragment has the dimension of 4 x 2 cm.
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case_images: fig2
case_images: At closer inspection of the expelled bloody mass, we identified a clot-covered bone fragment of about 4 x 2 cm size (Figure 2).