RT Book, Section
A1 Jauch, Edward C.
A1 Valdez, J. Amadeo
A2 Knoop, Kevin J.
A2 Stack, Lawrence B.
A2 Storrow, Alan B.
A2 Thurman, R. Jason
SR Print(0)
ID 1181040633
T1 Hard Palate Abscess
T2 The Atlas of Emergency Medicine, 5e
YR 2021
FD 2021
PB McGraw-Hill
PP New York, NY
SN 9781260134940
LK accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1181040633
RD 2024/04/19
AB Hard  palate  abscesses  are  most  commonly  related  to  maxillary  lateral  incisors  or  palatal  roots  of  the  posterior  teeth,  especially  maxillary  1st  molar  and  premolars.  The  infection  starts  at  the  tooth  apex  and  erodes  through  the  palatal  bone,  accumulating  into  the  palatal  mucoperiosteum.  The  lesion  is  fluctuant,  is  usually  very  painful  with  a  paramedian  location,  and  typically  does  not  cross  the  palate’s  midline.  Palatal  abscesses  need  to  be  differentiated  from  other  pathologies  such  as  salivary  gland  tumors,  neural  tumors,  cysts,  fibromas,  and  torus  palatinus.