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case_images: Intra-oral swelling of hard palate with the site of biopsy and obliteration of left upper buccal vestibule
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case_images: F1
case_images: Mobility of the involved teeth [maxillary left first and second premolar-Grade I, maxillary left second and third molar- Grade III] were present without any intra-oral sinus [Figure 1].
case_images: OPG showing radiolucency with poorly defined borders, floating teeth appearance of maxillary left first and second premolar, maxillary left second molar and involving left maxillary sinus
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case_images: F2
case_images: It also showed involvement of the left maxillary sinus [Figure 2].
case_images: Haziness in left maxillary sinus without erosion/or destruction of lateral walls of maxillary sinus in PNS
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case_images: F3
case_images: PNS view showed homogenous haziness in left maxillary sinus without erosion/or destruction of lateral walls of maxillary sinus [Figure 3].
case_images: Post-surgical scar on the left side of face with intraoral post-surgical defect
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case_images: F4
case_images: After surgical removal of tumor with partial maxillectomy and resection of left side of hard palate, preoperatively prepared obturator was adjusted to cover the defect [Figure 4].
case_images: Photomicrograph showing Swiss-cheese pattern suggestive of adenoid cystic carcinoma
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case_images: F5
case_images: Histologically, excisional biopsy showed the features of adenoid cystic carcinoma of palate without lymphovascular invasion [Figure 5].