[Congenital insensitivity to pain: difficulty of management].

Introduction: Congenital insensitivity to pain with anhidrosis (CIPA) is a very rare disorder, most often of genetic origin.

Case Report: The authors present the case of two siblings, 10 and 13 years old, both followed-up since the age of 2 for CIPA diagnosed after discovering insensitivity to pain during iterative falls, burns, and of severe oro-digital self-mutilating behavior. Sural nerve biopsy and an electromyogram confirmed the diagnosis.

[Leiomyosarcoma of the parotid gland].

Introduction: Primary leiomyosarcoma of the parotid gland is an extremely rare neoplasm, develops from smooth muscle cells. Its primary origin in the face and especially in the salivary glands is even more rare.

Case Report: A 15-year-old boy, with no prior history was hospitalized for swelling in the left parotid area having appeared 5 months before.

Mandibular cuniculatum carcinoma: apropos of 3 cases and literature review.

Background: Cuniculatum carcinoma is a well-differentiated form of squamous cell carcinoma that shares histologic characteristics with papillary squamous cell carcinoma and verrucous carcinoma. Cuniculatum carcinoma usually occurs on the plantar region, and only 16 cases involving the oral cavity have been described in the literature.

Methods: The authors have reported 3 cases of mandibular cuniculatum carcinoma.

Acute compartment syndrome following fibula flap harvest for mandibular reconstruction.

Donor site morbidity for free fibula osteofasciocutaneous flaps has rarely been reported in the literature. We report on a case of acute compartment syndrome (ACS) in a 22-year-old male, following fibula flap harvest for mandibular reconstruction and arising after post-ischemic reperfusion damage. Dissection during this patient's surgery was unusually difficult.