Behavioral regression in 2 patients with autism spectrum disorder and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder after oral surgery performed with a general anesthetic.

Background And Overview: Routine dental care for people with autism spectrum disorders can be complex. There is little published on postoperative behavioral changes associated with use of general anesthetics in this population.

Case Description: The authors describe postoperative behavioral changes in 2 patients with autism spectrum disorder and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder that the patients' caretakers described as regression.

A method for direct fabrication of a lingual splint for management of pediatric mandibular fractures.

Pediatric mandibular fractures have successfully been managed in various ways. The use of a lingual splint is one such option. The typical indirect method for acrylic lingual splint fabrication involves obtaining dental impressions.

Thrombosed cavernous hemangioma arising in cervical ectopic thymus tissue: a case report.

We report the case of a 35-year-old male presenting with a steadily growing, painful left-cervical neck mass. Final histopathologic diagnosis was consistent with a thrombosed cavernous hemangioma arising in cervical ectopic thymus tissue. This is the first description, to our knowledge, of such an entity.