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Angelo Itro

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Oral self-injuries: clinical findings in a series of 19 patients

2015

Objectives: Self-injury (SI) is defined as a behavioral disturbance consisting of a deliberate harm to one’s own body without suicidal intent, it is not uncommon and ranges in severity from simple nail-biting to more extreme forms of self-mutilation. The head neck region may be the target of such lesions. SI is associated with several medical conditions, of which it can represent the first clinical sign. Aim of this paper is to describe a series of oral SI, giving special emphasis to the clinical findings, etiology and the management of lesions. Material and Methods: A total of 19 patients with oral SI were prospectively examined; attention was paid to the occurrence and characterization of…

AdultMalemedicine.medical_specialtyPediatricsAdolescentPoison controlOdontologíaDiseaseLesionYoung AdultInjury preventionmedicineHumansMedical historyAdolescent; Adult; Aged; Aged 80 and over; Child; Female; Humans; Male; Middle Aged; Mouth; Prospective Studies; Wounds and Injuries; Young Adult; Self-Injurious BehaviorProspective StudiesYoung adultProspective cohort studyChildGeneral DentistryAgedAged 80 and overMouthOral Medicine and Pathologybusiness.industryResearchWounds and InjurieMiddle Aged:CIENCIAS MÉDICAS [UNESCO]Ciencias de la saludSurgeryProspective StudieOtorhinolaryngologyUNESCO::CIENCIAS MÉDICASEtiologyWounds and InjuriesSurgeryFemalemedicine.symptombusinessSelf-Injurious BehaviorHuman
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Management of primary odontogenic myxoma

2018

BACKGROUND: This retrospective study describes our experience in the management of odontogenic myxoma. METHODS: Thirty-four patients (23 female and 11 male) with single lesions were treated. Thirty-three patients were adults (mean age 33.5 years) and one child (age 6 years). Male:female ratio was 1:2. Different surgical procedures were used to treat the tumors. 11 lesions were treated by marginal osteotomy, 12 lesions by enucleation and curettage, 11 lesions by radical treatment (segmental or block resection). The follow-up period was 5-years. RESULTS: The success rate was 73.5%. The Kaplan-Meier method was applied to examine the outcome of the treatment. Analysis showed a significant diffe…

AdultMalemedicine.medical_specialtyAdolescentmedicine.medical_treatmentEnucleationOdontogenic TumorsOsteotomyOdontogenic myxomaGroup BYoung AdultSettore MED/28 - Malattie OdontostomatologicheNeoplammedicineHumansYoung adultChildAgedRetrospective StudiesRadical treatmentSurgical procedures operativebusiness.industryRetrospective cohort studyMiddle Agedmedicine.diseaseJaw NeoplasmsCurettageSurgeryOtorhinolaryngologyMyxomaSurgical procedures operativeNeoplams.FemaleSurgeryOral SurgerybusinessMyxomaMinerva Dental and Oral Science
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