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AUTHOR
Alfredo Esguep
Incidence and prevalence of salivary gland tumours in Valparaiso, Chile
Background : To determine the incidence and prevalence of salivary gland tumours in the province of Valparaíso, Chile. Material and Methods : Retrospective review of salivary gland tumours diagnosed between the years 2000 and 2011 from four local pathology services. Information on demographics and histopathology were retrieved from the medical records. Results : The study sample consisted of 279 salivary gland tumours. Prevalence and incidence rates per 100.000 persons were 15.4 and 2.51, respectively. Most of the neoplasms corresponded to benign tumours (70.3%). The most affected gland was the parotid gland. Pleomorphic adenoma was the most common benign tumour (53.8%) and mucoepidermoid c…
Morphea “en coup de sabre”: an unusual oral presentation
Morphea, or localized scleroderma, is an inflammatory disease that leads to sclerosis of the skin and underlying tissues due to excessive collagen deposition. Oral involvement is unusual and it may produce white linear fibrotic areas with a scar-like appearance, atrophy of tongue papillae, gingival recession and alveolar bone resorption. We report a case of a 13-year-old girl who consulted for progressive recession on the attached gingiva of her upper left incisors. She also presented a hypopigmented line on the left side skin of her upper lip, which continued through the vermilion and the lip mucosa, including the gingiva of the affected teeth. Clinical examination, blood tests, computeriz…
Asociación entre alteraciones psicológicas y la presencia de Liquen plano oral, Síndrome boca urente y Estomatitis aftosa recividante
OBJETIVO: El propósito de este estudio fue determinar la relación existente entre el Liquen Plano Oral (LPO),Estomatitis Aftosa Recividante (EAR), Síndrome de Boca Urente (SBU) y las alteraciones psicológicas del paciente, tales como el estrés, la ansiedad y la depresión. DISEÑO DEL ESTUDIO : Fueron estudiados 18 pacientes con EAR , 9 pacientes con LPO y 7 pacientes con SBU, que presentaron la lesión en el momento del examen, más un grupo control de 20 pacientes sanos. Ambos grupos fueron extraídos de centros hospitalarios y docentes, donde el diagnóstico clínico fue realizado por un equipo de patólogos orales. A los pacientes se les aplicó dos instrumentos de medición del estado psicológic…
Solitary intraosseous neurofibroma of the mandible. Apropos of a case
Neurofibroma is a benign neoplasm derived from peripheral nerves. Most of these are associated with Neurofibromatosis but may also occur as solitary lesions. When found on the head and neck they are generally located in the soft tissue. Intraosseous location is very rare. The following report describes a case of an intraosseous neurofibroma located in the left mandibular ramus of a 14-year-old child. The patient did not had clinical evidence of the lesion and it was found on a routine radiographic examination. Surgical excision of the lesion was scheduled and the sample was submitted to histopathological study. Representative sample cuts were studied using conventional techniques of hematox…