A 41- year-old man presented with gradually increasing swelling in right side of palate for last 10 months. Though initially painless, later on he felt pain within the swelling which was localized and dull intermittent in nature without relation to eating, drinking or chewing and gradually was radiating to right forehead and bellow right orbit for last 5 months. Examination revealed paresthesia in the right infraorbital region, lateral wall of the nose and right half of the upper lipand right incisors, canine and premolar teeth.There was a well-defined, oval shaped, firm, non-tender, smooth surfaced swelling without any surface ulceration measuring 3 cm X 2 cmat right side of the palate. Neck examination showed no lymphadenopathy.
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