Oral schwannomas are rare, with only 18 cases of soft palate involvement reported since 1985. We report a case of a 15-year-old male with a soft palate schwannoma who was successfully treated by surgical excision and had no complications over a one-year follow-up. Histologically, schwannomas exhibit Antoni A and B patterns.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIntroduction And Importance: Temporomandibular joint (TMJ) ankylosis in children severely impacts mouth opening, orofacial growth, airway space, and overall quality of life. While costochondral grafts (CCG) are the gold standard for end-stage TMJ reconstruction in children, their unpredictable growth poses challenges, including potential overgrowth, undergrowth, resorption, and reankylosis. However, recent reports have suggested the feasibility of alloplastic TMJ in pediatric patients.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground And Objectives: Myringoplasty is a surgical procedure performed to repair tympanic membrane perforation which can be performed either using a microscope or an endoscope. The aim of this study is to compare the graft uptake, hearing outcome and operative time of endoscopic myringoplasty (EM) versus microscopic myringoplasty (MM) by underlay cartilage island graft technique.
Subjects And Methods: In this prospective comparative study of sixty patients divided into two equal groups with small to medium sized tympanic membrane perforation were included.