Acinic Cell Carcinoma of the Nasal Lateral Wall.

Primary acinic cell carcinoma arising in the nose is exceptionally rare. In this report, we present a unique case of an acinic cell carcinoma of the nasal lateral wall, and it is only the second such case to be reported. We also engage in a systematic review of all 18 cases of acinic cell carcinoma of the nose reported in the literature in English so far.

Pretreatment Blood Markers in the Prediction of Occult Neck Metastasis: A 10-Year Retrospective Study.

Introduction The purpose of this study was to clarify the role of inflammatory blood markers in the management of early-stage (T1-T2) oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC) of the tongue in patients with a clinically negative neck.  Materials and methods We undertook a retrospective chart review of 102 patients with early-stage OSCC of the tongue, subjected to tumor resection and elective neck dissection. Based on postsurgical histopathological examination results, we divided our cohort into pN+ and pN0 groups.

Mandibular meningioma-a rare case report of a second extracranial meningioma and a systematic literature review.

Meningiomas are benign tumours common in the central nervous system. Primary extracranial meningiomas in the jaws are extremely rare. We performed a systematic review of all the primary extracranial meningioma arising in the jawbones reported in the English-language literature including indexed and non-indexed journals and we report a unique case in our hospital of a man with two primary extracranial meningiomas, the first frontal intradiploic and 16 years later, a second located in the mandible.

Parapharyngeal schwannoma-a challenging case report.

Parapharyngeal space primary neoplasias are infrequent findings in clinics, and schwannoma derived from a peripheral nerve is even rarer in this anatomic area [1]. The presented case is a patient who was referred to our department with a 3 months progressive soft palate enlargement without related symptoms. The challenge, in these cases, due to the anatomic complex area, is to catch a suitable approach to remove the tumor, according to dimension and surrounding structures.

Maxillary mesenchymal chondrosarcoma leading to a diagnosis of Li-Fraumeni syndrome.

Mesenchymal chondrosarcoma (MCS) is a rare histological variant of chondrosarcoma, with aggressive behaviour. Due to the unique nature of this disease, management strategies are not well established. Li-Fraumeni syndrome (LFS) is a rare cancer predisposition syndrome with a wide tumour spectrum, associated with TP53 germline mutations.