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case_images: Intraoral view showing pale bluish-purple lump.
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case_images: The lesion was well defined with normal overlying mucosa, showing no ulceration or other surface changes (Figure 1).
case_images: Needle aspiration yielded a yellow liquid.
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case_images: A fine needle aspiration was performed to investigate the presence of purulent content but instead it returned a yellowish translucent liquid (Figure 2).
case_images: Cone Beam Computed Tomography sectional images showing osteolytic bone lesions with definite corticated borders.
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case_images: Photomicrograph (H and E stained sections).
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case_images: Photomicrographs (periodic acid-Schiff stained sections).
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case_images: Clinical view at 2 months postoperatively.
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case_images: Three months later, the patient underwent a second surgical intervention to ensure the closure of the bucco-nasal communication which was achieved using a palatal rotation flap (Figure 6) which is a pedicled flap with a posterior base, in relation to the vascularization of the palatine artery.