BACKGROUND Spinal metastases are uncommon in patients with advanced head and neck cancer. Treatment strategies in this patient group have not been defined. Although it has been established that neurologic dysfunction in patients with spinal metastases and cord compression constitutes an oncologic emergency, the role of surgical treatment remains controversial. OBJECTIVE To clarify the treatme...

Introduction: Hamartomas is a neoplasms composed of mature tissue elements from the affected site with disproportion between their components. Although lingual hamartomas are traditionally infrequent in the head and neck, a significant number of case reports with this disorder in infancy are arising from the literature.   Case Report:</em...

Introduction: Desmoid tumors are very rare, benign fibrous neoplasms arise from the musculoaponeurotic structures throughout the body.   Case Report: The patient was a   seven-year old boy with a large mandibular mass growing over a period of six months. His CT-scan showed a large mass, 13 cm in diameter in the cheek area extending to the neck and trachea. Biopsy was compatible with desmoid fib...

background: pancreatic neuroendocrine neoplasms (pnens) are increasing in the world. the annual incidence of pnets is nearly 0.25 per 100 000 population. 1-2% of pancreatic neoplasms are pnens. materials and methods: this article reviewed the available original and review literatures which had been published in persian and english in websites of google scholar, iran doc and pub med with keyword...

Abstract Collision tumours are defined as multiple neoplasms adjacent to each other or combined in one area and particularly rare, with only basal-squamous cell carcinoma combination of the head neck region published literature. Case description An 87-year-old farmer presented Maxillofacial Surgery department following referral by his general practitioner concerned suspected skin neoplasms. Fou...