Congenital plate-like osteoma cutis of the forehead: an atypical presentation form.

Cutaneous ossifications or osteoma cutis can be found in many syndromes. Primary osteoma cutis, present since birth or the first months of life, in the absence of metabolic disorders or trauma, is found in congenital plate-like osteoma cutis and progressive osseous heteroplasia, coexisting in the latter with deep connective tissue ossifications. This report documents the case of a 7-year-old female with a plate-like cutaneous ossification of the forehead causing aesthetic deformities.

[Tumors of the parotid gland].

Tumors of the parotid are the most frequently encountered salivary gland tumors. Knowledge of the histology and anatomy of the salivary gland is important when considering the histiogenesis of salivary gland tumors, requiring close cooperation between the pathologist and the surgeon. Most tumors are benign epithelial formations.

Maxillectomy in childhood.

A maxillectomy in the upper part of the maxilla is an uncommon operation in childhood. The authors comment on the clinical evolution, the related pathologies and the surgical techniques employed in the treatment of eight patients.

[Our experience in the treatment of cervico-facial adenitis caused by non-tuberculous mycobacteria (atypical mycobacteria)].

The authors believe that the greater part of chronic cervicofacial adenitis actually observed in our hospitals, are not caused by M. tuberculosis or M. bovis but by scrofulaceum mycobacterium, M.

[Juvenile nasopharyngeal angiofibroma].

Juvenile Nasopharyngeal Angiofibroma is a rare benign neoplasm occurring almost exclusively in adolescent males. Surgery is the only curative treatment, but it is very difficult to be performed, because of the nasopharyngeal location of the tumour. We studied a case and its treatment with arterial embolization before the intervention.