Mandible handling in the surgical treatment of oral squamous cell carcinoma: lessons from clinical results after marginal and segmental mandibulectomy.

Objective: The aim of this retrospective, single-center study was to analyze long-term results after marginal and segmental mandibulectomies in patients with oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC).

Study Design: The study included 259 patients treated for OSCC with mandibulectomy between 1996 and 2010. Data acquisition consisted of analysis of operation reports, re-evaluation of histologic bone specimens, and collection of clinical follow-up data.

Extraskeletal chondroma walling the temporomandibular joint: Report of a rare case and review of the literature.

Introduction: Extraskeletal or soft-tissue chondroma is a rare benign cartilaginous neoplasm which usually affects hands and feet. Scientific literature only reports one previous case of this pathology in the preauricular region.

Presentation Of The Case: This report describes a rare case of extraskeletal chondroma surrounding the temporomandibular joint of a 55-year-old female patient.

Intra- and extracapsular synovial chondromatosis of the temporomandibular joint: Rare case and review of the literature.

Synovial chondromatosis is a benign disease which most commonly appears in large joints and only rarely affects the temporomandibular joint. The diagnosis is quite difficult due to the fact that a large swelling in the preauricular area and the radiographic findings may be misdiagnosed as other benign or malignant diseases. We report an unusual case of intra- and extracapsular chondromatosis of 25 osteochondral loose bodies in the right temporomandibular joint.