There are significant structural differences between the mouth and pharyngeal cavity of birds and mammals. It is usual to refer to a common oropharyngeal cavity of birds because the soft palate, which forms such an obvious delineation between the mouth and pharyngeal cavity, is absent. Six male adult ostriches were used to study the oropharyngeal cavity and its components including the beak, ha...

Cyst is a fluid accumulated in a cavity lined by epithelium. Cyst over the hard palate is very infrequent. Cyst is commonly seen along nasoalveolar duct or midline palatal cyst which are congenital. Only few cases of palatine cysts have been reported in literature. We present here a case of 21 years old male with a cystic lesion over the hard palate since 2 years.

Background: Identification is the cornerstone in forensic medicine. Accurate sex identification from fragmented bones a challenging medicolegal task. The hard palate well-protected part skull base with sexually dimorphic characters.

Inverted papilloma (IP) is a rare, benign tumor of the nose and paranasal sinus. However, it is locally aggressive, the recurrence rate is high and malignant transformation is possible. Until now, IP of the hard palate has rarely been reported in the literature. Here, we reported a case with IP of the hard palate, which clinically presented as a carcinomatous growth. The management of IP is com...

IntroductIon: Primary oral melanoma is an extremely rare and aggressive malignancy arising from the mucosal epithelium of the oral cavity. The majority of cases occur in the hard palate. However, disease presentation and survival have never been comprehensively studied. Our main goal was to analyze epidemiology, loco regional treatment patterns and survival outcomes of patients with primary har...

Median palatine cysts are rare, non-odontogenic fissural cysts of the hard palate. These cysts occur in the midline of the hard palate, behind the incisive canal. Only two case reports have documented these cysts on multi-detector computed tomography (MDCT), neither giving detailed descriptions of the cysts. Knowledge of their existence is important and should not be confused with malignant tum...

IntroductIon: Primary oral melanoma is an extremely rare and aggressive malignancy arising from the mucosal epithelium of the oral cavity. The majority of cases occur in the hard palate. However, disease presentation and survival have never been comprehensively studied. Our main goal was to analyze epidemiology, loco regional treatment patterns and survival outcomes of patients with primary har...