Pediatric Oral Neurovascular Hamartoma of the Hard Palate: A Clinicopathologic Report

Ear Nose Throat J. 2023 Aug;102(8):NP389-NP391. doi: 10.1177/01455613211014302. Epub 2021 May 17.

Abstract

We hereby present the first-reported pediatric case of a hard palate neurovascular hamartoma in a male newborn, in which the diagnosis was established following an initial nondiagnostic biopsy, extensive radiological investigations, and eventual wide local excision. These benign lesions can easily be mistaken for malignant diagnoses, leading to increased parental and child anxiety as well as avoidable diagnostic and therapeutic interventions.

MeSH terms

  • Biopsy
  • Child
  • Hamartoma* / diagnosis
  • Humans
  • Infant, Newborn
  • Male
  • Palate, Hard* / surgery