Amiloidosis oral nodular

Nodular fascitis in the oral cavity.

Clinical and microscopic features of a deeply situated lesion of the oral buccal mucosa are reported. The lesion suddenly appeared as a small lump, without obvious cause. A histologically alarming picture gave rise to a preliminary diagnosis of a sarcoma. However, features of nodular fascities were subsequently recognized and following local removal there has been no recurrence in the 4 years t...

Amiloidosis, a mysterious disease, still underestimated

Amyloidosis, 150 years after being identified, still remains a mysterious disease, full of mystery, question marks and challenges, almost always ignored from the start, with terrible symptoms and terrible prognosis. The mechanics of the formation. persistence and setting of the amyloid fibrils are still under discussion. This article wishes to point out some of the main characteristics of this ...

Amyloidosis of the Nasopharynx Amiloidosis localizada en nasofaringe

The term ‘‘amyloidosis’’ encompasses various clinical entities of unknown aetiology, characterised by extracellular deposit of amyloid (acellular protein material that presents yellowish-green birefringence under polarised light after Congo red staining). Clinical signs and symptoms depend on the anatomic distribution and intensity of the amyloid deposit. There are 2 main forms: systemic and lo...

Nodular Melanoma

Nodular Fasciitis

odular fasciitis, also known as infiltrative or pseudosarcomatous fasciitis, is a benign soft tissue tumor of fibroblastic/myofibroblastic differentiation that was first described in 1955 by Konwaler et al.1 The lesion often comes to clinical attention when a patient presents with a rapidly growing, occasionally painful, palpable soft tissue mass.2,3 Although benign and self-limited, nodular fa...