Basal Cell Adenocarcinoma (BCAC) is a rare malignancy, only accounting for approximately 2% of all salivary neoplasms. Considered the malignant counterpart basal cell adenoma, it most commonly presents at 60 years age without gender predilection. Sites involvement frequently includes parotid gland, but sites in minor glands, nasopharynx, buccal mucosa, and tongue have also been reported. Often ...

Parent involvement (PI) in school is associated with more positive academic performance and social competence in children. However, there are inadequacies in current measures of PI and a need for a better understanding of predictors of PI. In this study, measures were obtained from a normative sample of 387 children in kindergarten and first grade from high-risk neighborhoods in 4 different sit...

A 17 years female presented with painless progressive swelling of both the parotid regions for last two years. The swelling started first on the left side and within next three months, also appeared on the right side. She also had few episodes of self-limited epistaxis of brief duration during that period. For last few weeks, patient also noticed difficulty in fully opening the mouth and closin...

sarcoidosis is a granulomatius disease of unknown etiology involving multiple body systems.approximately 10-35% of patients with systemic disease have cutaneous involvement.skin lesions commonly observed in sarcoidosis include:erythema nodosum,macular or parpular rashes,nodules,hypopigmented or hyperpigmented patches,scarsarcoid,lupus pernio,plaques,and rarely mocusal lesions.this report descri...

BACKGROUND Involvement of the optic nerve is a rare complication of mumps infection. OBJECTIVES To report a case of bilateral neuroretinitis complicating a mumps infection and to review 5 previously reported cases. DESIGN Case report and literature review. SETTING Tertiary hospital. PATIENT A 7-year-old girl had sudden-onset blindness due to bilateral neuroretinitis. Approximately 3 wee...

SUMMARY Mandibular actinomycosis is an uncommon disease. We retrospectively reviewed 6 patients with pathologically proven mandibular actinomycosis who underwent both CT and MR imaging to evaluate the characteristic imaging findings. CT results showed an irregularly marginated lesion with increased bone marrow attenuation, osteolysis, and involvement of the skin in all patients. Periosteal reac...

Abstract Parotid gland is a rare site of metastasis from gastrointestinal (GI) tract primary cancer. Here, we present an interesting case report parotid unknown with probable lower GI as cancer, normal colonoscopy and upper endoscopy. This highlights the importance immunohistochemistry in taking treatment decisions during dilemmatic situations.

PURPOSE To concurrently quantify the radiation-induced changes and temporal evolutions of parotid volume and parotid apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) in nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) patients treated by intensity-modulated radiotherapy by using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). MATERIALS AND METHODS A total of 11 NPC patients (9 men and 2 women; 48.7 ± 11.7 years, 22 parotid glands) were...

DOI: 10.1590/S1679-45082015AI3096 A 10-year-old girl presented with a painless, slow-growing swelling on left pre-auricular region that was noticed for 2 years (Figure 1). The swelling was bosselated, nontender, firm-to-hard on palpation, had poorly-defined margin, and measured approximately 3.5cm x 3.0cm. In addition, it had restricted mobility, and seemed to be of parotid origin, with overlyi...

AIMS To investigate 3 cases of chronic parotitis secondary to an acute bend in Stensen's duct caused by an enlargement of the masseteric space. RESULTS Three female patients presented with symptoms consistent with obstructive parotitis including glandular swelling and tenderness during meals. A 10-year-old patient had unilateral facial swelling with enlargement of the masseter muscle and mand...