Soft Tissue Lesions 
of The Maxillofacial Region


Leaf-shaped irritation fibroma beneath denture 
has caused underlying indentation of bone.    



 Fibrous, Fibrohistiocytic & Fibrovascular Tumors

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Fibromatosis

Fibrous histiocytoma

Fibrosarcoma

Gingival fibromatosis 
(fibrous hyperplasia)

Inflammatory papillary hyperplasia

Irritation fibroma,
fibrous hyperplasia

Malignant fibrous histiocytoma

Myofibroma

Nodular fasciitis

Oral focal mucinosis

Oral submucous fibrosis

Pericoronitis

Proliferative myositis

Giant cell fibroma    

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Granuloma-Like Mucosal Lesions with Giant Cells

Note: Diseases with links are those with completed or almost completed sections.

Crohn's disease Foreign body reaction

Orofacial granulomatosis

Peripheral giant cell granuloma
Sarcoidosis      

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   Vascular Lesions

Note: Diseases with links are those with completed or almost completed sections.

Angiosarcoma

Caliber-persistent artery

Hemangioendothelioma

Hemangioma

Hemangiopericytoma

Hematoma

Lymphangioma Kaposi's sarcoma
Pyogenic granuloma

Traumatic angiomatous lesion

Varicose veins

 

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  Neural Tumors

Note: Diseases with links are those with completed or almost completed sections.

Granular cell tumor, benign & malignant

Malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumor (MPNST)

Mucosal neuroma

Schwannoma (Neurilemoma)

Neurofibroma

Palisaded encapsulated neuroma

Traumatic neuroma

 

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 Muscle Tumors 

Note: Diseases with links are those with completed or almost completed sections.

Leiomyoma

Leiomyosarcoma

Rhabdomyoma

Rhabdomyosarcoma

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Tumors of Fatty Tissue

Note: Diseases with links are those with completed or almost completed sections.

Herniated buccal
fat pad

Lipoma

Liposarcoma

 

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Soft Tissue Lesions with Bone or Cartilage

Note: Diseases with links are those with completed or almost completed sections.

Heterotopic ossification

Juxtacortical (periosteal/parosteal) osteosarcoma

Peripheral ossifying/cementifying fibroma

Soft tissue osseous/cartilaginous choristoma

Torus palatinus 
& mandibularis

Buccal & other exostosis    

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Tumors with Mixed or Ectopic Tissues
(No Calcified Tissues)

Note: Diseases with links are those with completed or almost completed sections.

Benign lymphoid aggregates

Congenital (granular cell) epulis

Fordyce granules

Glial choristoma

Juxtaoral organ of Chievitz

Lingual thyroid

Median rhomboid glossitis

Teratoma

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Soft Tissue Cysts

Note: Diseases with links are those with completed or almost completed sections.

Epidermoid  cyst

Dermoid cyst

Gingival cyst of adults

Heterotopic oral gastrointestinal cyst

Lymphoepithelial cyst

Nasolabial cyst

Palatal/gingival cyst of newborns

Thyroglossal duct cyst

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