TODENTJ-25-03-2019_TODENTJ-11-520 1553507162 Bentham Open doi@benthamopen.net Bentham Open The Open Dentistry Journal TODENTJ 1874-2106 10 24 2017 11 1 Amanda Phoon Nguyen Agnieszka M Frydrych Introduction: Oral leiomyomas are rare, benign neoplasms of smooth muscle origin, presenting as a solitary, asymptomatic, nodular mass. Case Presentation: Here we present the case of a 54-year-old male with a lesion in the midline of his hard palate, which was diagnosed as a localized benign leiomyoma, along with a review of the recent literature. Discussion: Diagnosis of a leiomyoma must be based on the histopathological assessment of tissue as the clinical appearance is non-specific. The peak prevalence of head and neck leiomyoma is observed in the 4th and 5th decade of life with uncertain gender predilection. Histological features include interlacing fascicles of smooth muscle small cells with eosinophilic cytoplasm. Complete excision is usually curative and recurrence is rare. Conclusion: Due to their rare nature, it is important that cases of oral leiomyoma can be reported in the literature to improve our understanding of this entity. 10 24 2017 520 526 TODENTJ-11-520 1 10.2174/crossmark_policy opendentistryjournal.com benthamopen.com true Peer Reviewed Single blind Checked with iThenticate 2017-04-26 2017-08-15 2017-09-14 2017-10-24 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode 10.2174/1874210601711010520 1553507162 https://opendentistryjournal.com/VOLUME/11/PAGE/520/ https://opendentistryjournal.com/contents/volumes/V11/TODENTJ-11-520/TODENTJ-11-520.pdf https://opendentistryjournal.com/contents/volumes/V11/TODENTJ-11-520/TODENTJ-11-520.pdf https://opendentistryjournal.com/contents/volumes/V11/TODENTJ-11-520/TODENTJ-11-520.pdf https://opendentistryjournal.com/contents/volumes/V11/TODENTJ-11-520/TODENTJ-11-520.pdf https://opendentistryjournal.com/contents/volumes/V11/TODENTJ-11-520/TODENTJ-11-520.pdf https://opendentistryjournal.com/contents/volumes/V11/TODENTJ-11-520/TODENTJ-11-520.pdf https://opendentistryjournal.com/contents/volumes/V11/TODENTJ-11-520/TODENTJ-11-520.pdf https://opendentistryjournal.com/contents/volumes/V11/TODENTJ-11-520/TODENTJ-11-520.xml 10.4103/0973-029X.119770 Veeresh M, Sudhakara M, Girish G, Naik C. 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