Oral focal mucinosis pdf Oral focal mucinosis: report of two cases. Mucinose oral focal: relato de dois casos.Oral focal mucinosis OFM is a rare soft tissue lesion of unknown etiology. oral focal mucinosis of the tongue Clinically, it is most commonly found on the gingiva and presents as a painless.Oral focal mucinosis OFM, an oral counterpart of cutaneous focal mucinosis, is a rare. oral focal...

Objectives: Globally, oral cancer seems to be the sixth-utmost common cancer. Oral is chief among entire malignant tumors of men in Indian subcontinent and squamous cell carcinoma commonest all malignancies. Hence, present study, utility aspiration scrape cytology screening initial diagnosis lesions, confirm by histopathology, were studied. Methods: The enrolled patients underwent complete clin...

Proliferative verrucous leukoplakia (PVL) is an aggressive form of oral leukoplakia that is persistent, often multifocal, and refractory to treatment with a high risk of recurrence and malignant transformation. This article describes the clinical aspects and histologic features of a case that demonstrated the typical behavior pattern in a long-standing, persistent lesion of PVL of the mandibula...

Introduction:Langerhans cell histiocytosis (LCH) refers to a group of rare reticuloendothelial system disorders and it occurs most often in young adults and children. A 57-year-old edentulous female patient who complained of dull pain in the posterior region of the mandible referred to the dental office, with a complaint of dull pain in the posterior region of the mandible. The lesion was diagn...

OBJECTIVE To study the severity of symptoms and estimate the prevalence of oral mucosal lesions in a non-referral adult Swedish population, as registered by general dental practitioners. This study also aims to evaluate the possibility of dental practitioners collecting large quantities of reliable and accurate clinical data on oral mucosal lesions. STUDY DESIGN Data from 6,448 adult Swedish ...

Cysticercosis refers to infection of tissues after exposure of eggs of pork tapeworm Taenia solium. The authors report a rare case of a solitary intraoral cysticercosis in a thirty-four year female who presented with a mass in the left buccal mucosa of two months duration. The attending dentist could not have an impression of the lesion and sent for ultrasonography. The ultrasonographic report ...

Introduction: Few studies on benign soft tissue tumors of oral cavity have been conducted in an Iranian population. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the prevalence of the benign soft tissue tumors of the oral cavity in three central pathology centers of Rasht, Iran. Materials and Methods: In this retrospective study, all benign soft tissue tumors of the oral cavity, were retrieved fro...

Leukoplakia is defined as a predominantly white lesion of the oral mucosa that cannot be characterized as any other definable lesion. Histopathological diagnosis is needed to evaluate prognosis of this lesion. Chewing tobacco and smoking are distinct risk factors particularly among males in certain countries; however it has been noted that females or non-smokers may be at risk of malignant tran...

The unusual involvement of the oral cavity in tuberculosis and the non-specific nature of its presentations mean that diagnosis of tuberculosis is often delayed and is an unexpected finding. The aim of this paper is to present a case of primary tuberculosis and discuss the implications of the manifestations and diagnosis of oral tuberculosis. This paper presents an unusual case of a painless, p...