giant cell fibroma (gcf) was described as a new entity of fibrous hyperplastic soft tissue. it seems that stimulus from an unexplained origin can have a role in its etiology. histopathologically gcf is consisted of multinucleated fibroblasts that have oval shape nuclei within the eosinophilic cytoplasm. surgical excision is the treatment of choice and recurrence is very rare. here we report a c...

background there is a potential risk for malignancy in patients with diabetes mellitus. theoretically, a noninvasive method for detection of precancerous changes can be conducted on oral exfoliated cell smears. objectives in this study, the immunocytochemistry of p53 in exfoliated oral mucosal cells in patients with type 2 diabetes was investigated. patients and methods oral mucosal smears were...

adenoid cystic carcinoma (adcc) is a malignant neoplasm, which accounts for 5-10% of all salivary gland tumors (1). about 50% of these tumors originate from intraoral minor salivary glands usually in the hard palate (1). three clinically obvious characteristics of adcc include slow growth rate, perineural invasion and high incidence of distant metastasis (1). the most commonly-affected sites of...

squamous cell carcinoma (scc) of the buccal mucosa accounts for 23% to 37% of all intraoral cancers, the prognosis is generally poor. we reported a case of local invasion of buccal squamous cell carcinoma. a 32-year-old man referred to the clinic with a chief complaint of swelling in the right cheek region that initiated from 6 months ago and rapidly grow from one month ago. history of the pati...

tuberculosis is a major cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide. it is a chronic granulomatous disease that can affect any part of the body, including the oral cavity. oral lesions of tuberculosis, though uncommon, are seen in both the primary and secondary stages of the disease. this article presents a case of tuberculosis of the buccal mucosa, manifesting as non-healing, non-painful ulcer....

metastatic tumors to the heart unlike primary cardiac tumors are not rare. despite its frequency, cardiac metastasis is commonly detected only during autopsy as the symptoms of disseminated metastasis prevail over symptoms caused by cardiac metastasis and hence is overlooked most of the time. tumors more commonly found metastasizing to the heart are malignancies of lung, breast, esophagus, lymp...

nevus of ota is a condition wherein the typical pattern of the bluish black pigmentation is noticed along with the cutaneous distribution of the trigeminal nerve. this condition is most prevalent in japanese population but comparatively rare among indians. we report a case of 23-year-old female presented with unilateral pigmented areas over the skin of forehead, malar area, ear and periorbital ...

Keratocystic odontogenic tumor (KCOT) is a benign intraosseous neoplasm of the jaw occurring most commonly in mandibular ramus molar area with male predilection. Peripheral KCOTs are very uncommon. Here we report a case of keratocyst in buccal mucosa in a 55 years old female patient, the diagnosis of which was based on subjective histological evaluation and further confirmed by immunohistochemi...

keratocystic odontogenic tumor (kcot) is a benign intraosseous neoplasm of the jaw occurring most commonly in mandibular ramus molar area with male predilection. peripheral kcots are very uncommon. here we report a case of keratocyst in buccal mucosa in a 55 years old female patient, the diagnosis of which was based on subjective histological evaluation and further confirmed by immunohistochemi...