case_images: PMC4150340_01
case_images: Lesion manifested as a mass in hard palate
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case_images: F1
case_images: An oral, asymptomatic, slowly growing mass was detected in the submucosa of the hard palate of a 32-year-old woman who was admitted to the Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery of Azerbaijan Medical University [Figure 1].
case_images: Epithelial/myoepithelial cells (a) and metachromatic stromal fragment (b) accompanying adipose component on FNA (Pap, x40 and x100). Adipose component involving more than 90% of the tumor, septa-forming epithelial/myoepithelial groups and chondromyxoid stroma (c,d), (H and E, x40)
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case_images: F2
case_images: Abundant mature adipose cells, and some epithelial/myoepithelial cells and metachromatically staining fibrillary stromal fragments were observed [Figure 2a,b]. In histopathological examination of completely sampled material, more than 90% of the tumor was composed of mature adipose tissue consisting of univacuolar adipocytes [Figure 2c,d].