Metastases in the mandible: clear cell carcinoma of a horseshoe kidney
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…
Chronic disseminated histoplasmosis, sever presentation: case report
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…
Imagenologic description and evaluation of anatomic changes of the jaw in patients with osteoporosis and reumathoid arthritis treated with oral bisphosphonates in the Hospital Carlos van Buren, Chile
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,…
Necrotizing cervical fasciitis, a review of the literature in association to a clinical case
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…
Midface degloving approach for tumors removal
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 case report
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. Case report
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 in a HIV positive patient. Report of a case
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…
Treatment of oral vascular lesions with a sclerosing agent (Polidocanol)
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…
Cemento-ossifying fibroma: clinical, radiological and histological analysis of 3 cases in one family
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…
