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A hamartoma-like mass on the palate? A possible discussion regarding the components of a pigmented naevus and hyperplastic salivary gland

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 June 2007

Hiroshi Harada*
Affiliation:
Second Department of Pathology, Kurume University School of Medicine, Kurume, Japan.
Minoru Morimatsu
Affiliation:
Second Department of Pathology, Kurume University School of Medicine, Kurume, Japan.
Jingo Kusukawa
Affiliation:
Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Kurume University School of Medicine, Kurume, Japan.
Tadamitsu Kameyama
Affiliation:
Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Kurume University School of Medicine, Kurume, Japan.
*
Address for correspondence: Dr Hiroshi Harada, The Second Department of Pathology, Kurume University School of Medicine, 67 Asahi-machi, Kurume 830, Japan.

Abstract

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Type
Pathology in Focus
Copyright
Copyright © JLO (1984) Limited 1997

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