[Diagnostic contribution of minor salivary gland biopsy: statistical analysis in 100 cases].

Introduction: The minor salivary glands biopsy is a very common diagnostic procedure in oral medicine rather its efficiency has not been statistically proved.

Material And Methods: One hundred biopsies have been studied with special attention to the suspected diagnosis before biopsy and the final histologic result.

Results: The minor salivary gland biopsy confirmed the initial diagnosis in 13 cases.

[Progressive hemifacial atrophy in the young patient: physiopathologic hypotheses, diagnosis and therapy].

Parry-Romberg syndrome is characterized by a limited progressive hemifacial atrophy. Since its first description in 1825, this syndrome has aroused interrogation and reflection about is pathophysiology, its variable clinical expression and its progression. The first part of this focuses on the different hypotheses advanced to date to explain this type of atrophy.