Summary: The calcifying epithelial odontogenic tumor (CEOT), also known as Pindborg tumor, is a rare lesion that represents 1% of odontogenic tumors, although their histogenesis is unknown, the cells that…
Introduction: 30 percent of craniofacial abnormalities on patients have vertical maxillary excess. This condition is usually accompanied with great teeth exposure, gummy smile and mandible clock rotation. The following technique…
Man 60 years of age, smoker of 20 cigarettes a day for 15 years, with no other background at the time of the consultation. The review stomatological intraoral, reveals tumor…
Histoplasmosis is a systemic mycosis caused by the histoplasma capsulatum, primarily affects lungs where it is generally asymptomatic. Histoplasma capsulatum is a saprophyte fungus found in contaminated soils with chicken…
The osteonecrosis of the jaw is described as a drug-induced effect due to chronic treatment with bisphosphonates, mainly used in oncologic patients. Moreover, is associated to patients affected by osteoporosis,…
Introduction: Necrotizing cervical fasciitis is an aggressive and potentially fatal infection of the deep spaces of the neck that causes necrosis of various tissues throughout its layers. It is characterized…
Statement of the problem: Access to maxillary and adjacent structures has been difficult and limited in terms of direct vision and reaching deeper anatomical structures. Traditional open approaches usually result…
Odontogenic central fibroma is a benign odontogenic tumor characterized by strands of epithelium in a fibrous stroma. It is reported in ages between 4 and 80 with an average of…
Sturge Weber syndrome or encephalotrigeminal angiomatosis is a sporadic neurocutaneous disease characterized by port wine stain color due to a vascular malformation that follows the route of the cranial nerve…
Toxic epidermal necrolysis (TEN) is a potentially fatal autoimmune disease characterized by widespread epithelial necrosis of skin and mucous membranes generally caused by a hypersensitivity reaction to a drug. Case…
Sclerotherapy is an alternative for the treatment of oral vascular lesions; Polidocanol is one of the most commonly used sclerosing agents. Despite being used for decades in the literature there…
Aim: The cemento-ossifying fibroma (COF) is a benign fibro-osseous neoplasm of non-odontogenic origin, that is preferentially localised on the molar and premolar mandibular area. Our goal is to present cases…
Objects: Sentinel lymph node biopsy (SLNB) for cN0 early oral cancer has been validated by numerous studies. Around 30% of SNLB will detect occult disease. Several clinical and histopathological features…
Neoplasms that are derived from the odontogenic apparatus are rare and constitute a heterogeneous group of lesions. They have a specific histological structure that reflects various stages of odontogenesis and…
Osteoblastoma is a benign neoplasm representing approximately 1% of all primary bone tumors. The clinical aspects of the lesion are slow growth swelling, pain, bone expansion and eventual dental displacement….
Some tropical diseases have an endemic incidence on Latin American population, because of the weather and environment conditions typical of these places. Between these diseases paracoccidioidomycosis is a deep mycosis…
Introduction: There have been many techniques described to reconstruct segmental mandibulectomies. The free iliac crest flap provides an excellent bone height to place immediate dental implants. The drawback is the…
Fibro-osseous lesions are benign mesenchymal skeletal tumors in which mineralized tissue, blood vessels and giant cells, in varying proportions, re-place normal bone. Ossifying fibroma (OF) is often circumscribed lesion surrounded…
The melanotic neuroectodermal tumor of infancy (MNTI) is a rare neoplasm that affects mainly the anterior aspect of the maxilla during the first year of life. Although the MNTI is…
Langerhans cell histiocytosis (LCH) is a neoplastic proliferation of Langerhans cells. Its incidence is less than 1% of all bone lesions and occurs more frequently in people under 30 years…
