Publications by authors named "Rachid Aloua"

Introduction: Hyponatremia is one of the most common water-electrolyte imbalances in the human organism. This disorder is usually secondary to various diseases, including infections. The syndrome of inappropriate secretion of antidiuretic hormone (SIADH) is among causes of hyponatremia in critical care.

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Introduction: The endoscopy in orbital surgery provides, similar to other surgical fields, the option of combining an extended view of the surgical field with minimally invasive approaches; also allows an excellent functional and esthetic results. Trans-maxillary endoscopy of the orbital floor offers excellent visualization of the posterior bony shelf and confirms that the implant rests securely in place.

Presentation Of Case: The authors report a ten years-old male child, reported to the oral and maxillofacial surgery department, Ibn Rochd university hospital, Casablanca, Morocco.

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Purpose: This paper aims to evaluate the decision-making of wisdom teeth extractions (M3s extraction) and the epidemiological profile in the targeted population.

Materials And Method: This was a prospective analysis study of 106 patients at our hospital august 20, 1953 specialist hospital, which is a referral center between January 1, 2020 and January 1, 2021. The patients are divided into 2 groups according decision-making of wisdom teeth removal based on scientific evidence if it's right or wrong.

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Swelling of the parotid region is a frequent reason for consultation and the first clinical sign of both benign and malignant parotid tumors. These parotid tumors represent 80 % of tumors of the main salivary glands. They present a highly variable clinical and radiological picture and are known to have a wide histological diversity.

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Introduction: Locoregional anesthesia represents a very interesting modality for the removal of osteosynthesis hardware of the corpus mandibularis. Several procedures have been described, but each is dedicated to a single mandibular segment.

Material And Methods: The surgical records of 40 patients treated with rigid internal fixation after maxillofacial traumas were reviewed.

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Cervicofacial cellulitis is a brutal and dreadful disease that poses a serious problem in terms of therapeutic management. Most often, these cellulitides occur either in a fragile environment or after inappropriate initial management. We report two (02) observations of cervicofacial cellulitis in patients with vascular malformation of the face.

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Introduction: The approaches to mandibular condyle fractures are described in the literature in an abbreviated manner. Their complications, especially facial nerve damage, have limited the surgical indication.

Presentation Of Case: Through this clinical case, we reported the way and the interest of using a twisted steel wire to increase the visibility of the fracture site and facilitate the reduction of even the highest localized fractures.

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Background: Hydroxyurea (HU) is a ribonucleotide diphosphate reductase inhibitor that interferes with the S phase of cell replication and inhibits DNA synthesis, with limited or no effect on RNA or protein synthesis. The cutaneous side effects of hydroxyurea treatment are diverse and frequent. Squamous cell carcinoma is one of the most challenging side-effect.

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Tumors of the retromolar trigone area represent 12% of neoplasms of the oral cavity, and of which squamous cell carcinoma represents the main histological type. Mucoepidermoid carcinoma (MEC) of the accessory salivary glands is a rare entity, representing less than 5% of head and neck cancers, and 10% of all salivary gland tumors; its biological characteristics are very diverse, correlated to the histological grade of the tumor. This tumor has an excellent outcome after surgical management, with a prognosis related to the histological grade of the tumor.

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Introduction: Bone choristoma is a benign tumor with normal histology and ectopic location. This paper aims to report a rare case of bone choristoma in the maxillary gingival location.

Observation: The authors report a case of a 39-year-old woman, with a history of maxillary full edentulousness, who consulted for a slight pain evolved for about six months, triggered by movements on the lesion.

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Ameloblastomas are quite frequent odontogenic tumors, they can be intraosseous or peripheral to the gum, it's rare to find an intraosseous ameloblastoma with gingival extension. Here, we report the case of a 40 years old woman who presented with an exophytic gingival lesion at the gum level of the 46 tooth that was extracted at a quack 01 years before her consultation due to pain in this area. Clinical and radiological examination revealed the presence of two tumors in the same area.

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Introduction: The parotid gland is a very rare location of Ewing's sarcoma. Its clinical and radiological manifestations are atypical. Its management is based on a multidisciplinary approach to improve prognosis and survival.

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Introduction: Scrofuloderma is the most common form of cutaneous tuberculosis. The facial location is unusual and requires special care.

Discussion: The diagnosis of cutaneous tuberculosis is difficult due to the polymorphism of the anatomo-clinical pictures as well as the difficulty of isolating the causal agent.

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Arterio-venous malformation (AVM) is a congenital disorder of blood vessels, causing abnormal passage of blood between the artery and vein, which most often results in abnormal development of the vascular system in embryonic life. Arteriovenous malformations of the head and neck pose a challenging therapeutic and reconstructive problem. We present a rare case of a 22-year-old white woman, who complained of facial asymmetry on the right side, evolving after an episode of jugular cellulite of dental origin treated 6 months ago.

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Introduction: The aim of this paper is to compare the clinical results between the different methods of fixation of standard mini-plates for the management of mandibular angle fractures.

Study Design: This was a retrospective analysis study of 196 patients with mandibular angle fractures divided into 3 groups at our hospital 20 august 1953 specialist hospital, which is a referral center between January 2015 and January 2020. The patients were assessed for malocclusion, infection, wound dehiscence, neuro-sensory deficit, mouth opening, stability, operating time, blood loss, and hardware failure.

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Facial skin wounds are common problems seen and treated by emergency centers around the world. Among all wounds, cat and dog bites are frequently seen. Human bite injuries are both deceptive and difficult in their presentation and management.

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Melanoma of the mouth is a rare entity of cancer. It has a bad prognosis. We report two cases of mouth melanoma.

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Introduction: The authors report a case which aims to underline the importance of multidisciplinary management and rapid diagnosis of orbital cellulitis, for an adequate treatment of ocular damages and related complications, to prevent serious and permanent sequelae and avoid a fatal prognosis.

Presentation Of Case: A 61-year-old female reported to the oral and maxillofacial surgery department after she was dragged around for two months. She presented with a right facial swelling and orbital apex syndrome including proptosis, ophthalmoplegia and ptosis.

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Introduction: Defects caused after tumor resection should be closed with flaps that match the neighboring cheek's skin.

Presentation Of Case: the authors report a patient diagnosed with squamous cell carcinoma and its management. A 50-year-old man patient presented with a painless slow swelling in the left cheek, which had increased in size in the last four months, tobacco smoking, and alcohol intake for 15 years.

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Introduction: The lengthening temporalis myoplasty (LTM) is defined as a transfer of the entire temporal muscle from the coronoid process to the labial commissure reinserted into the orbicularis muscle.

Presentation Of Case: a 60-year-old man with grade III longstanding facial paralysis of the right hemi-face secondary to a right total parotidectomy. The surgery was performed for the rehabilitation of the right hemi-facial side by the lengthening temporalis myoplasty.

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Introduction: The aim of this paper is to present our experience using autologous fat transplantation for facial augmentation and to evaluate the effectiveness of lipofilling in different regions of the face for the reconstruction and aesthetic improvement of the facial contouring.

Case Presentation: Data in term to the age, gender distribution, harvest and injection sites, degree of satisfaction with post-surgical facial, and complications were recorded.

Discussion: Progressive haemifacial atrophy, also Known as Parry Romberg's disease, is a common craniofacial disease that conventionally affects the subcutaneous tissue on one side of the face.

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Introduction: Central giant cell tumors (CGCTs) bones are uncommon benign bone tumors in the jaw.

Presentation Of Case: The authors report a pediatric patient who was diagnosed with an aggressive central giant cell cyst of the mandible and its management. The CGCT usually occurs in adolescents patients from 5 to 10 years of age.

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Introduction: A number of papers exist about post-traumatic silaocele. Iatrogenic sialocele has been described as complication of parotid surgery but there is no specific data about the cases of sialocele and salivary duct surgical injury in condylar fracture management.

Presentation Of Case: A 36-year-old man was reported to the maxillofacial emergency department for mandibular sub-condylar fracture and internal fixation of the sub-condylar fracture was planned.

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