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===Diagnostic Imaging===
===Diagnostic Imaging===
Radiography may show a soft tissue opacity in the area of the gingiva with lytic invasion of the underlying alveolar bone
Radiography may show a soft tissue opacity in the area of the gingiva with lytic invasion of the underlying alveolar bone.
===Biopsy===
===Biopsy===
Required for a definitive diagnosis
Required for a definitive diagnosis
*Incisional Biopsy - best.
*Incisional Biopsy - best
*Cytological or grab procedures - difficult to obtain a representative sample.
*Cytological or grab procedures - difficult to obtain a representative sample
==Treatment==
==Treatment==
*'''Surgical resection''' with margins of at least 1cm.
*'''Radiation therapy''' may be considered in patients where wide surgical excision is not possible. However there is a risk of malignant transformation of the tumour at a later stage.
==Prognosis==
==Prognosis==
Good following complete surgical excision.
==References==
==References==