A study of facial pattern in patients with fanconi anemia.

Objective: This study is aimed to evaluate craniofacial features in patients with Fanconi anemia (FA) through cephalometric analysis and to classify the facial growth pattern to observe possible facial discrepancies.

Design: This is a cross-sectional study which employed a quantitative approach to compare linear and angular measurements of cephalometric analysis in lateral teleradiographic images of a clinical type sample of patients with FA. A retrospective cephalometric study was performed using cephalometric analyses of Ricketts and Steiner; growth patterns according to Ricketts' vertical growth pattern (VERT index) were also analyzed.

Lymphoepithelial cysts of oral mucosa: two cases in different regions.

Lymphoepithelial cyst of the oral cavity is a rare cystic lesion that presents as an asymptomatic, well-circumscribed, yellowish small submucosal nodule covered by normal overlying mucosa, usually located in the floor of the mouth or in the ventral or posterolateral surface of the tongue. Histopathological examination reveals a cyst lined by a stratified squamous epithelium surrounded by lymphoid tissue. In this paper, we report two cases of oral lymphoepithelial cyst, one on the anterior floor of the mouth and another on the posterior lateral tongue.

Partial spontaneous bone regeneration subsequent to mandibulectomy.

A case of spontaneous bone regeneration after mandibulectomy is presented. The patient was young and had a mandibular resection performed for a large fibroma. Only one of the condyles was preserved.