1. department of pathology, burdwan medical college, burdwan, west bengal, india 2. department of pathology, bankura sammilani medical college, bankura, west bengal, india                   corresponding author: nirmalya chakrabarti, md; tel: (+91) 9477882332 email: [email protected] received: 06 july 2014 accepted: 03 feb. 2015 iran j cancer prev. 2015; 2:129-33.     abstract among...

Tumefactive fibroinflammatory lesions (TFLs) are rare idiopathic benign fibrosclerosing lesions that clinically simulate a malignancy. TFLs are seen more frequently in males between 10 and 74 years of age. The usual site of involvement is the head and neck region, but rarely the extremities may be involved. Coexisting fibrosclerotic processes have been reported including retroperitoneal fibrosi...

Radial tunnel syndrome is a disease which we should consider it in elbow and forearm pains. It is diagnosed with lateral elbow and dorsal forearm pain may radiate to the wrist and dorsum of the fingers. The disease is more prevalent in women with the age of 30 to 50 years old. It occurs by intermittent compression on the radial nerve from the radial head to the inferior border of the supinator ...

Introduction: Involvement of the salivary glands in tuberculosis is rare, even in countries where tuberculosis is endemic. It can occur by systemic dissemination from a distant focus or, less commonly, as primary involvement. This article focuses on its myriad clinical presentations that pose a diagnostic challenge to the clinician. We discuss the schema of investigations required to confirm t...

Cemento-ossifying fibroma (COF) is a rare benign fibro-osseous tumor. The radiographic and clini‌cal features of this lesion are unpredictable and variable. In this report, the patient was a 12-year old girl with a painless swelling which demon‌strated an opaque lesion with radiolucent zone to involve left posterior portion of the mandible on panoramic radiography. The radiographic manife‌stati...