BENIGN SMALL TUMOR OF THE MINOR SALIVARY GLAND—PLEOMORPHIC ADENOMA: CASE REPORT.

The aim of this study is to report the case of a 55-year-old dark-skinned male patient, with a 20-year history of drinking, who attended the stomatology service with the main complaint of a "mass in the roof of the mouth" with an evolution of 1 month. On extraoral examination, no changes were observed. On intraoral examination, a single nodular lesion with red coloration, smooth surface with an angiogenesis aspect was observed, without sensitivity, located on the soft palate, measuring 1.5 cm × 1.5 cm × 0.5 cm. The suggestive clinical diagnoses were pleomorphic adenoma (AP) and adenocarcinoma. An incisional biopsy was performed, and histologic sections stained in hematoxylin and eosin revealed benign salivary gland neoplasia, confirming the hypothesis of AP. The patient was referred to the maxillofacial surgeon for treatment. This case reinforces the importance of the stomatologist in elucidating cases of neoplasms in salivary glands with clinical presentation suggestive of malignancy as well as in directing the treatment. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]