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Vol. 52. Issue 1.
Pages 35-38 (January - March 2011)
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Vol. 52. Issue 1.
Pages 35-38 (January - March 2011)
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Unusual growth of a nasopalatine cyst
Crescimento incaracterístico de um quisto nasopalatino
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André Chena,
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, Paulo Coelhob, Daniel de Sousac, João Caramêsd
a Oral Surgery Department School of Dentistry, University of Lisbon. Lisbon, Portugal
b Head of the Oral Surgery Department School of Dentistry, University of Lisbon. Lisbon, Portugal
c Clinical Professor Oral Surgery Department School of Dentistry, University of Lisbon. Lisbon, Portugal
d Head of the Occlusion and Oral rehabilitation Department School of Dentistry, University of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal
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The main goal of this work is to report the aggressive potential of the nasopalatine cyst (NPC) in the pre-maxilla, when there's invasion of the medullar spaces.

Bone resorption, soft tissue swelling, and displaced root remnants were clinical and radiological signs of this long-term asymptomatic and slow progression lesion.

Histopathology showed a mixture of stratified non-queratinized with pseudostratified epithelium compatible with NPC.

Careful should be made when screening patients since this entity can easily go unnoticed and the slow painless progression can lead to severe hard tissue defects.

Keywords:
Nasopalatine Cyst
Enucleation
Maxillary resorption
Resumo

É objectivo deste trabalho reportar o potencial agressivo do quisto nasopalatino (NPC) quando existe invasão dos espaços medulares.

Como sinais clínicos e radiográficos desta lesão assintomática, e de progressão lenta, observamos reabsorção óssea, tumefacção dos tecidos moles e afastamento de restos radiculares.

Ao exame anatomopatológico verificamos uma mistura de epitélio pavimentoso estratificado com epitélio pseudoestratificado compatível com NPC.

Devemos ser cuidadosos nas consultas de rotina uma vez que esta lesão pode facilmente passar despercebida e a sua lenta e indolor progressão pode levar a defeitos ósseos severos.

Palavras-chave:
Quisto nasopalatino
Enucleação
Reabsorção maxilar
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