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Peripheral Ossifying Fibroma Veiling a Nasopalatine Duct Cyst: An Unusual Concurrence

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We hereby report an unusual case which presented as a routinely encountered reactive lesion on the palate, whilst the radiological examination revealed a radiolucent cystic lesion underneath. After the investigations from radiography to histopathology, it was finally diagnosed as a peripheral ossifying fibroma coexisting with a nasopalatine duct cyst.

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  1. Department of Oral Medicine and Radiology, Post Graduate Institute of Dental Sciences, Rohtak, Haryana, India

    Harsha Popli, Harneet Singh & Ambika Gupta

  2. Department of oral and maxillofacial pathology, Post Graduate Institute of Dental Sciences, Rohtak, Haryana, India

    Mala Kamboj

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Popli, H., Singh, H., Gupta, A. et al. Peripheral Ossifying Fibroma Veiling a Nasopalatine Duct Cyst: An Unusual Concurrence. Indian J Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 74 (Suppl 2), 1459–1461 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12070-021-02601-0

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