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case_images: Patient 1 preoperatively.
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case_images: The overlying mucosa was ulcerated in the middle, with a deciduous incisor exfoliating through the lesion (Fig. 1).
case_images: Excised lesion from Patient 1 following first surgery.
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case_images: Subsequently, a second surgery was performed in April 2015, with tumour excision via a transoral approach (Fig. 2, Fig. 3).
case_images: Three-year postoperative photograph of Patient 1 showing satisfactory healing.
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case_images: The patient's subsequent recovery was uneventful; she has been followed up for over three years, with no incidence of recurrence clinically or radiographically (Fig. 4, Fig. 5).
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case_images: Preoperative 3D reconstruction CT of patient 2, showed marked expansion of the Left maxilla.
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case_images: Computed Tomography revealed an expansile lesion of the left maxilla with poorly-defined margins (Fig. 6, Fig. 7).
case_images: Intraoperative image of Patient 2 prior to tumour excision.
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case_images: The surgical defect was closed primarily with the use of a buccal fat pad and no reconstructive procedure was taken (Fig. 8, Fig. 9).
case_images: Clinical image of Patient 2 two years postoperatively.
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case_images: The patient has been followed up for over two years following the MNTI excision, with no signs of recurrence clinically or radiographically (Fig. 10).