Rationale: Peripheral odontogenic myxoma (POM) is a rare mesenchymal tumour and it is the first case report of POM involving orbital and zygoma region.
Patient Concerns: A 16-year-old male presented with a painless, slow-growing swelling over his left infratemporal region.
Diagnosis: The histopathological examination of the tumour was diagnosed as POM.
Approximately 15%-30% of patients receiving neuroleptic medication for a longer duration develop drug-induced dystonia. There are many variations of oromandibular dystonia (OMD), but the most common one is involuntary jaw-opening dystonia. A rare case of chronic mandibular dislocation under long-term neuroleptic therapy is reported with clinical features, diagnosis, and various treatment modalities.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFJ Maxillofac Oral Surg
December 2015
Background: Salivary gland tumours constitute about 3-4 % of all head and neck neoplasms. Approximately 80 % originate in the parotid gland and they are rarely present in the submandibular gland. Basal cell adenoma is a benign epithelial salivary gland tumour that appears to have unique histologic characteristics.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPurpose: Various surgical modalities have been used in the surgical management of oral submucous fibrosis with variable results. This prospective study evaluates the efficacy of nasolabial flap in the reconstruction of fibrotomy defect in surgical treatment of oral submucous fibrosis in terms of functional and esthetic outcomes.
Material And Method: In this prospective study, we treated 20 patients of oral submucous fibrosis surgically.