Mysterious Case of Drooling Infant - Hidden Foreign Body over Hard Palate.

Kathmandu Univ Med J (KUMJ)

Department of Otorhinolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, Hospital Duchess of Kent, KM 3.2, Jalan Utara, 90000, Sandakan, Sabah, Malaysia.

Published: April 2024

Foreign body over the hard palate is a rare clinical entity that happen almost exclusively in young pediatric age group with only about 40 odd cases ever reported. Most cases in the literature are described as incidental findings of hard palate mass causing heightened anxiety to parents and clinicians alike during routine oral cavity examination. Owing to its rarity and lackluster presenting symptoms, this simple condition are often overlooked but has high propensity to develop into life threatening condition if dislodged into the airway.

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