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Sujata Mohanty
Papillary cystic acinic cell carcinoma: report of a rare lesion with unusual presentation
Introduction: Acinic cell carcinoma is an uncommon low grade tumour of the salivary glands that constitutes 2.5 to 4% of parotid gland tumours. Acinic cell carcinoma -Papillary cystic variant (ACC-PCV) is histologically composed of tumor with papillary and cystic growth patterns, with varying proportions of one or more cell types. It has been conferred significance because it has a poorer prognosis and is reported to be universally fatal in ten years. Case Report: We present a case of ACC-PCV in a sixteen year old male with unusual unicystic gross appearance, benign cytological picture and characteristic histopathological features .Cystic areas with papillary projection of surrounding cells…
Central giant cell lesion of mandible managed by intralesional triamcinolone injections : a report of two cases and literature review
Central giant cell lesion (CGCL) is a benign lesion which has unpredictable biologic behaviour and is amenable to a plethora of treatment alternatives. We describe our experience in managing this lesion by intralesional triamcinolone. The mainstay of treatment of CGCL in our centre until now has been surgical curettage or resection. We chose two patients for this pilot endeavour at our hands. Case I is a 10 year old girl having CGCL of left side mandible. Case II is a 20 yr old man with CGCL affecting the left side posterior mandible. Both patients responded well to intralesional administration of triamcinolone acetonide (Kenacort-10®) with no obvious recurrences to date. Successful applica…
Post endodontic Aspergillosis in an immunocompetent individual
Non-invasive aspergillosis in immunocompetent individuals subsequent to post endodontic treatment can involve the maxillary antrum. An early and accurate diagnosis will aid in prompt and effective treatment. A 35 year old female patient reported with a painful nasomaxillary swelling. Previous records revealed the failure of the endodontic treatment of maxillary left second premolar which was subsequently extracted. Root piece was accidently left behind which resulted in a painful nasomaxillary swelling. The extraction socket was curetted and tissue was sent for histopathological examination, which revealed abundant septate fungal hyphae with numerous spores characteristic of Aspergillus. Th…