[Tooth extraction in hemophiliacs and patients with von Willebrand's disease. Therapeutic proposals apropos of 26 cases].

Extensive bleeding is an important complication of dental extractions in haemophiliacs. Based on 26 case reports, the different therapeutic possibilities are discussed. When general or regional anaesthesia is required, protocols can be proposed for coagulation factor supplementation or even treatment with Minirin.

Macrostomia, ectropion, atrophic skin, hypertrichosis: another observation.

We report on a boy with bilateral ectropion, ocular hypertelorism, bulbous nose, macrostomia with thin lips, abnormal ears, hypertrichosis of the forehead, neck and back, atrophic skin with hypoplastic nipples. Cause and inheritance are unknown.

[The place of mandibular condylectomy in surgery of temporomandibular joint dysfunction].

Mandibular condylectomy is one of the methods to which one must sometimes resort when treating temporomandibular joint dysfunction. As emphasized by Merville, this is the conventional method used whenever dealing with condylar hypertrophy , as well as in certain grade-III cases with deep bite. However, another interesting indication for it is the horizontal configuration of the occlusal plane, leading to pain and/or luxation.

[Labioglossopexy in Pierre Robin syndrome. Our experiences apropos of 70 cases].

Pierre Robin syndrome is typically characterized by glossoptosis and retrognathia associated with cleft palate, respiratory and deglutition disturbances. Two morphological tendencies arise out of this 70-patient series, 50 of whom were managed with the same therapeutical regimen, which included labioglossopexy and was associated with only one case of death: "deforming" type Pierre Robin syndrome most commonly follows a favorable course with respect to both function and facial deformations, provided labioglossopexy is carried out sufficiently early. Indeed, this surgical operation allows for prompt restoration of normal function, thereby limiting the dysfunction-deformation vicious circle.

[Prognostic and therapeutic aspects of lympho-epithelial lesions of the parotid. Apropos of 8 cases].

The so-called benign lympho-epithelial lesion (BLEL) of the parotid is a rare condition. Its diagnosis is based on histology. For a long time there have been problems with its classification and prognosis: classification since certain cases may be classified as Sjögren's syndrome or as a precursor of the latter, prognosis there may be recurrence, contralateral involvement or progression to non-hodgkin's lymphoma.