Lipomais a most common benign neoplasm of mature adipose tissue in trunk and extremities. The oral cavity rarely affected by this neoplasm(1-4%) and more occurs in buccal mucosa. Floor of the mouth is rarely affected. Usually its size is less than 3 cm. The present report shows an unusual case of large lipoma (5.5 cm in greatest dimension) in the floor of the mouth of a 68- year- old male and r...

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 from...

background: several epidemiological studies suggest that tobacco smoking increases the risk of oral cancer. no systematic review, however, has been reported to examine how consistent the evidence is across the studies. we undertook a meta-analysis of epidemiological studies investigating the magnitude relationship between tobacco smoking and oral cancer. methods: primary studies were identified...

background and objective: oral cancer accounts for less than 3% of all cancers. despite recent improvement in diagnostic and treatment methods, the overall survival of the disease is unfavorable. several studies have been performed to assess factors influencing lymph node metastasis and prognosis. the aim of this study was to evaluate some clinical and pathological factors influencing lymph nod...

conclusions the application of natural honey is effective in managing and preventing radiation-induced stomatitis in patients with head and neck cancers. results the results showed that severe stomatitis in groups of honey, chamomile and control was 0, 5.7%, and 17.6%, respectively. on the 14th day, it was 0, 0, and 17.6%, respectively. there were significant differences between the three group...

many types of cancers develop in the oral and maxillofacial region. squamous cell carcinoma is the most common cancer and constitutes over 90 percent of these tumors. malignant transformation is a genetic process, which later makes a phenotyping change at the cellular level. some cancers such as oral squamous cell carcinomas (osccs) develop from pre-malignant lesions and conditions. despite adv...

Solitary fibrous tumor is an uncommon spindle cell neoplasm that is believed to be of mesenchymal origin. Rarely does it originate in the oral cavity, and only 1 case of this lesion in the floor of the mouth has been previously reported. We describe a new case of solitary fibrous tumor arising from the soft tissues of the floor of the mouth.

RESULTS: Between1998-2010, 85 cases with ESRD on dialysis and 841 controls without ESRD were analyzed. Majority of patients were aged ≦65 years (82.5%) and 92.9% were men. The major subdivision of head/neck cancer was neoplasm of other and unspecified parts of the mouth followed by neoplasm of tongue, the gum, hypopharynx and floor of mouth. ESRD patients tended to have higher rates of DM and P...

Polymorphous adenocarcinoma is a slow growing malignant tumor of minor salivary glands. The most common location these tumors palate, buccal mucosa, upper lip, floor mouth and retromolar region. This neoplasm characterized by cytological uniformity, architectural diversity infiltrative growth pattern. case report polymorphous occurring in lacrimal gland. They are seldom reported this propose un...