A patient with multiple basal cell carcinoma syndrome, a symptom complex characteristized by nevoid basal cell carcinomas of the skin, jaw cysts, skeletal abnormalities, and hyporesponsiveness to parathormone is presented. In addition, the patient had a retroperitoneal lymphagiomyoma, a hamartomatous lesion, causing ureteral obstruction. The association of neuroectodermic syndromes and retroper...

Multiple adenomatous colon polyps. An adenomatous polyp is an area where the normal cells that line the inside of the colon and begin to make mucous and form a mass on the inside of the intestinal tract. Benign (noncancerous) tumors, including: sebaceous cysts (closed sac filled with liquid found under the skin) epidermoid cysts (lumps in or under the skin often filled with liquid) fibromas (fi...

Aim: The aim of this study was to assess bone healing in large bony defect after enucleation of large jaw cyst without using graft material. Materials and Methods: Twenty patients with large jaw cysts (average size: 6x3 cm) were treated by enucleation. Postoperative clinical examination and digital Orthopan tomogram were performed for all cases at one day, then at 6, 12, 24 months postoperative...

BACKGROUND FNAC of intraosseous jaw lesions has not been widely utilized for diagnosis due to rarity and diversity of these lesions, limited experience and lack of well established cytological features. Aim of the study was to determine the role of FNAC in the diagnosis of intraosseous jaw swellings. MATERIAL AND METHODS 42 patients underwent FNAC over a period of 7 years (2007-2013), of whic...

Keratocystic odontogenic tumors (KCOTs) are certainly among the most studied lesions in oral pathology, which is not a surprise considering their perplexing clinical behavior and complicated mechanism of pathogenesis. In fact, the specific KCOT features are the reason for numerous discussions regarding the true nature and classification of these lesions, which are still debated in the scientifi...

Gorlin syndrome is an autosomal dominant multisystem disorder characterised by multiple basal cell naevi, cysts of the jaw, pits of the palms and soles, skeletal anomalies, and various other defects. Patients with Gorlin syndrome have a predisposition to basal cell carcinomas and other neoplasms. This is the first report to describe the coexistence of Gorlin syndrome and a nasal dermoid cyst. A...

AIMS Histopathological distinction of cystic jaw lesions, including odontogenic tumours, is challenging because their lining epithelia, which are basically stratified squamous epithelia, resemble each other, especially when they become hyperplastic from inflammatory reaction. The aim of this study was to seek practical measures to differentiate such lesions. METHODS AND RESULTS Nineteen surgi...