Pattern of invasion as a factor in determining lymph node metastasis in oral squamous cell carcinoma.

Context: Lymph node metastasis (LNM) influences survival of oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC). Evidence supports the value of prognostic information provided by most aggressive cells that lie in the tumor invasive front.

Aims: This study evaluated the clinical and histological parameters (C and HP) that would best associate with LNM in OSCC.

Oral eumycetoma of infancy: a rare presentation and a brief review.

Mycetoma is a chronic granulomatous infection of skin and subcutaneous tissue, which may involve bone. The disease is caused by true fungi (eumycetoma) or filamentous bacteria (actinomycetoma). Both types of organism are important soil saprophytes, and therefore infection is normally acquired by traumatic inoculation of the skin by contaminated material.