MANAGING PALATAL PERFORATIONS WITH UNKNOWN CAUSE

¹Adnan Menderes Üniversitesi, Kulak Burun Boğaz Hastalıkları, Aydın, Türkiye
²Ege Üniversitesi, Kulak Burun Boğaz Hastalıkları, İzmir, Türkiye As a rare clinical entity palatal perforation may be manifested because of congenital or acquired, local or systemic conditions. This entity occurs too rarely as spontaneously and most acquired etiological factors are trauma, iatrogenic, systemic granulomatosis diseases and infections. The aim of this review is to recount existing data about palatal perforatin with unknown cause and its formation mechanisms. Keywords : Palatal perforation, idiopathic