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Luis Alberto Gaitán Cepeda
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Active Giant Peripheral Osteoma of the mandible: presentation of one case with follow-up to 6 years
2010
Osteoma, a benign neoplasia of bone tissue, is considered a quiescent neoplasm. An active osteoma is an uncom- mon lesion. We presented a case of a mandibular osteoma with an unusual active behavior. In January of 2001 was admitted in the Oral Medicine Service a 11-years old female because an asymptomatic growth in the left side of their face with two years of evolution. Radiographical examination revealed a well circumscribed spherical radio- paque lesion of approximately 2 x 2 cm in diameter on lateral side of the left angle of the mandible. Microscopically the surgical sample coming from incisional biopsy showed normal bone tissue. A diagnosis of osteoid osteoma was emitted. Surgical tre…
Plasmacytoid myoepithelioma of the palate : report of one case and review of the literature
2007
Introduction: Myoepithelioma is a benign neoplasm of salivary glands, represents 1.5 % of all salivary glands neoplasm. The plasmacytoid myoepithelioma from palate salivary glands is considered as a rare entity, at date it has been reported 14 cases. It is present one case of plasmacytoid myoepithelioma of palate. Case report: A Hispanic female of 28 years old presented a not-ulcerate, painless ovoid swelling at left side of hard palate with a one year and a half of evolution. An excisional biopsy was done. The sample was fixed at 10% buffer formalin, embedded in paraffin, cuts at 5 µ and stained with H-E. Microscopically, the lesion was composed by myoepithelial neoplastic cells characteri…
Vascular leiomyoma of the oral cavity. Clinical, histopathological and immunohistochemical characteristics : presentation of five cases and review of…
2008
Leiomyoma, a benign neoplasia arising from smooth muscle is an uncommon neoplasia of the oral cavity. The most common histological subtype in the oral cavity is the vascular one. To supplement information on vascular leiomyoma of the oral cavity (VLOC), we present cases of VLOC describing their clinical, histological, and immunohistochemical characteristics. Case reports. Five cases of VLOC (3 females; 2 males) from the Clinical and Experimental Pathology Laboratory, Dental School, National Autonomous University of México, are included. The most frequent clinical characteristic of VLOC was a single, asymptomatic, slow growing nodule. The age average of the cases was 40.6, however 3 out of o…