Introduction: Schwannoma, or neurilemmoma, is a benign neoplasm of Schwann cells that is extremely rare in the soft palate. Herein we present a case of a soft palate schwannoma presenting with an ulcerated surface and purplish colour in a 12 year-old girl. This report also introduces a successful surgical technique for coverage of the defect left by surgery.

Submucous cleft palate is a specialized subgroup of cleft pathologies, with a worldwide incidence of approximately 1 in 600 live births. Besides the classical triad of bifid uvula, muscle diastasis (zona pellucida) and a notch at the posterior hard palate (defined by Calnan), the anatomical presentation of submucous cleft palate may differ. Unlike overt cleft palate, because of the concealed an...

In this study, we analysed phonetic and phonological consonant characteristics of cleft palate speech (CPS) at ages 5 and 10 in cleft palate with/without cleft lip (CP±CL) based on Cleft Audit Protocol for Speech – Augmented (CAPS-A) data collected in the Dental Hospital in Glasgow. The nature and extent of CPS characteristics at different ages were investigated. Video-recordings of 42 cleft pa...

This study aimed at investigating the current distribution of the several types of clefts among the patients receiving treatment at the Hospital for Rehabilitation of Craniofacial Anomalies (HRAC-USP), Bauru, Brazil, for the first time during the year 2000. A total of 803 unoperated patients with cleft lip and/or palate, with or without additional malformations, with no recognizable syndromes, ...

myoepitheliomas are benign tumors which account for less than 1% of all salivary gland tumors. in this article, we report the clinical, pathologic, and immunohistochemical features of plasmacytoid myoepithelioma of the hard palate in a 73-year-old man having a painless hard palate mass with progressive growth for one month who was admitted in alzahra hospital of isfahan university of medical sc...

introduction: cleft lip (cl) and cleft palate (cp) are among the most common congenital anomalies. constituting 65% of head and neck anomalies in isolated or syndromic forms, they are considered as the most common head and neck congenital deformities in children. methods: 15 children from the tabriz children hospital were evaluated in this descriptive-analytic cross sectional study that possess...

introduction: cleft lip and palate are among the most common congenital anomalies worldwide. this study was conducted in order to explore the incidence and related factors of cleft lip and/or palate (cl/p) among live births in mashhad, north-eastern iran.   materials and methods: in this cross-sectional study, records of 28,519 infants born between march 1982 and march 2011 at three major hospi...

results no significant difference was found between the groups regarding bmht rs3797546 gene polymorphism. the c allele was not associated with ns-cl/p (or = 1.27, 95% ci = 0.85-2.79, p = 0.690). conclusions our data suggested that bmht rs3797546 gene polymorphism was not associated with risk/ protection for ns-cl/p in a sample of iranian population. larger studies are required to validate our ...

Background & Objectives: The levator veli palatini (LVP) muscle is most commonly reported as the most abnormal muscle in the population with cleft palate and the muscle plays a significant role in velar elevation, and therefore speech production. Methods: This article reviewed the literature focusing on anatomic aspects of the LVP muscle in normal and cleft palate populations and addressed the ...

A two-way tactile communication system incorporating oral-based tactile modes is developed. The prototype system allows the user to both receive navigation cues, via a microfabricated flexible electrotactile palate display, and transmit information to the outside environment using a tongue operated device (TOD). The palate display consists of a flexible electrocutaneous-mode 7x7 electrode array...