Torus palatinus en 2 hermanas

A young female 40 years of age, presented to our Health center complaining of hard nodule in the hard palate for a period of 3 months. She has a sister with a recent Diagnosis of Torus palatinus. With the aim of ruling out a Malignant condition, the patient was referred to Maxillofacial specialist and after assessment a Biopsy of the lesion was taken and described as hyperplasia, papillomatosis and inflammatory cells with abscence of histological malignancy. A CT scan of the head and neck with contrast material was performed shortly after, with the diagnosis of central Torus Palatinus.