An unusual location of a cavernous hemangioma: a case report.

Hemangiomas are benign vascular tumors that most often affect the skin, mucous membranes, subcutaneous tissues, bone and on rare occasions muscles. In the head and neck region, the masseter and trapezius muscles are most often affected; the temporalis muscle involvement is extremely rare. It is a childhood pathology that rarely occurs in adults.

[Therapeutic management and prognostic profile of a patient with maxillary sarcomatoid carcinoma (case report)].

Sarcomatoid carcinoma is a rare, aggressive, malignant tumor with a poor prognosis and a very high frequency of recurrence. Carcinoma of the maxillary sinus is extremely rare. We report the case of a 42-year-old woman with left maxillary process.

Solitary fibrous tumor occurring in the parotid gland: a case report.

Background: Solitary fibrous tumor is an uncommon spindle cell neoplasm of unknown origin. It has been reported in many anatomic sites, with a rare occurrence in the head and neck region. Solitary fibrous tumors of the parotid gland are exceptional; their clinical and radiologic features are non specific, often mimicking more common salivary gland tumors.

Giant pediatric cervicofacial lymphatic malformations.

Purpose: Lymphatic malformations (LMs) are benign lesions. Most of them are found in head and neck regions as asymptomatic mass, but giant lymphangiomas may affect breathing or swallowing and constitute a major therapeutic challenge.

Methods: A retrospective analysis of giant head and neck LMs with impairment of respiration or swallow for the past 11 years was performed in the Department of Maxillofacial Surgery and ENT of the Avicenne Medical University Center.

[Florid cemento-osseous dysplasia of the jaws].

Introduction: Florid cemento-osseous dysplasia is a benign and rare tumor of the jaws. It is more commonly seen in middle-aged black women. Most cases are asymptomatic and are found during routine radiographic examination.

[Orbital exenteration].

Purpose: Orbital exenteration is a disfiguring surgery. The surgery is mostly performed for advanced neoplasms of the eyelid in an attempt to achieve cure with tumor free margins. Reconstruction is a real challenge, especially in elderly patients with significant comorbidities.

[A case of cystic craniofacial fibrous dysplasia].

Introduction: Fibrous dysplasia is a benign, idiopathic, fibro-osseous disease.

Clinical Case: A 17-year-old girl had presented with left proptosis for the previous two years, associated to homolateral hemicranial pain. Clinical examination was normal except for non-reducible axile exophthalmia.

Orbital hydatid cyst: review of 10 cases.

Background: Echinococcosis represents one of the most common human parasitoses in some geographical areas. Orbital involvement is extremely rare.

Materials And Methods: In the records of our Medical University Centre between 1984 and 2006, we found 10 cases of orbital hydatid cyst.

Third molar extraction with massive hemorrhage treated by embolization.

Impaction of the third molar is relatively frequent in oral and maxillofacial surgery, and its removal is a usual operation with mostly unremarkable outcome. We report a case of bleeding that occurred after a left upper third molar extraction, which necessitated in emergency an angiography with embolization.

Primary extranodal non-Hodgkin lymphoma of the oral cavity.

Lymphoma is the second most common neoplasm of the head and neck after squamous cell carcinoma. Nearly 24% to 48% of non-Hodgkin lymphoma can arise in extranodal localizations and 3% to 5% of which were primarily located in the oral cavity. Waldeyer ring is the most frequently involved site.

[Transoral removal of submandibular hilar calculi].

Introduction: Sialolithiasis is the most common non-neoplastic salivary gland disease, accounting for 1.2% of the autoptic population. More than 80% of salivary calculi are located in the submandibular ductal system.

Primary oral malignant melanoma.

Malignant melanoma of the oral cavity is a rare neoplasm. It is well known for his poor prognosis and the need for an evidence-based treatment. Therapy is commonly based on surgical excision of the primary tumour, supplemented by adjuvant therapy.

[Post syphilitic oro-nasal communication].

Introduction: Oro-nasal communication occurs due to a lack of bone and mucous membranes between the oral cavity and the nasal fossae, rarely subsequent to tertiary syphilis.

Case Report: A 27 year-old woman with a history of an untreated genital chancre which developed 7 years earlier, presented hard palate necrosis surrounded with granulation tissue. Syphilitic gum of the hard palate was diagnosed.

Mucoepidermoid carcinoma arising from pleomorphic adenoma of the soft palate.

Carcinoma arising in pleomorphic adenoma is a rare entity. A case of mucoepidermoid carcinoma in pleomorphic adenoma occurring in the soft palate of a 40-year-old woman is reported. An intraoral excision of the tumor was performed.

[Ankylosis of the temporomandibular joint: a rare manifestation of ankylosing spondylitis].

Introduction: The ankylosing spondylitis is a chronic inflammatory rheumatoid disease with predilection in the axial structures. The temporomandibular joint (TMJ) is involved in 10 to 24% of cases. Ankylosis of the TMJ is exceptional, only 11 cases being reported to date.

[The fasciomusculocutaneous flap at the leg. About 9 clinical cases].

The fasciomusculocutaneous flap at the leg (FMC) include a muscle strip in the classic dissection of the fasciocutaneous flap (FC); this muscle survives only by the musculocutaneous vessels perforators. This muscle improves the trophic quality of the classic FC flap and allows him to bring easily muscle to the lower third of the leg and sole of the foot. From october 96 to january 2001, 9 posterior FMC flaps have been used in 9 men, their ages were between 22 and 61-years-old, 8 of these flaps were distally based and 1 was proximally based.