Publications by authors named "Anna Maria Agnone"
Epidemiology, etiopathogenesis, and management of MRONJ: A European multicenter study.
J Stomatol Oral Maxillofac Surg
September 2024
Article Synopsis
- The study aimed to analyze the characteristics and risk factors of medication-related osteonecrosis of the jaw (MRONJ) across various European Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery centers, to enhance understanding of its epidemiology and treatment trends.
- Data was collected from 537 patients, revealing significant links between metastatic bone disease, advanced MRONJ stages, male gender, and higher recurrence rates of MRONJ.
- Findings suggest that patients with osteoporosis experienced a longer duration of antiresorptive medication before MRONJ onset, while those with metastatic bone cancer, especially prostate cancer or multiple myeloma, had a shorter duration, emphasizing the importance of surgical intervention in managing MRONJ.
Breast Ductal Infiltrative Adenocarcinoma Metastasis to the Mandible.
J Maxillofac Oral Surg
December 2023
Metastatic lesions to the jaws are rare. The oral sites to which metastasis most commonly occur are the jaws, the gingiva, and the tongue. Lower jaw is a more frequent site of metastasis compared to the upper jaw with posterior areas (ramus, body) that are more prone to the deposition of cancerous cells due to presence of hematopoietic bone marrow, subdivision of local blood vessels and reduced velocity of blood flow.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIntroduction: The angiolipoma is an uncommon histologic variant of lipomas, accounts for 5-17% of lipomas. Intraosseous lipomas of the jaws are extremely rare. The aim of the present article is to report and discuss another case of intramandibular angiolipoma.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe objective of the present study was to assess the epidemiology including demographic variables, diagnostic features, and the management of odontogenic keratocyst (OKCs) at several European departments of maxillofacial and oral surgery. This study is based on a systematic computer-assisted database that allowed the recording of data from treated OKCs. The following data were recorded for each patient: gender, age, voluptuary habits, comorbidities, site, size, radiographic features, treatment of OKCs, length of hospital stay, complications, recurrence, management and complications of eventual recurrence.
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- Primary oral malignant melanoma is a rare type of cancer, making up about 1.3-1.4% of all melanoma cases, and tends to behave aggressively.
- The study presents cases of two patients: one had a pigmented lesion on the lip and developed metastases after initial treatment while the other had a similar lesion on the gingiva but has remained stable with no additional treatment for a year.
- The research highlights the importance of BRAF mutation analysis in understanding the disease, with one patient showing the BRAF V600E mutation linked to serious progression, while the other did not.