Pregnancy tumour of the external auditory canal: treatment in clinic.

We present the case of a 29-year-old woman with a symptomatic lobular capillary haemangioma (pregnancy tumour) arising from the external ear canal. A literature review shows this to be an uncommon lesion in a rare location. The lesion was successfully diagnosed and treated in clinic with complete resolution and no recurrence.

Concordance between digital pathology and light microscopy in general surgical pathology: a pilot study of 100 cases.

Aim: (1) A pilot study to determine the accuracy of interpretation of whole slide digital images in a broad range of general histopathology cases of graded complexity. (2) To survey the participating histopathologists with regard to acceptability of digital pathology.

Materials And Methods: Glass slides of 100 biopsies and minor resections were digitally scanned in their entirety, producing digital slides.

Visual impairment due to bilateral multifocal choroidal metastasis of parotid adenocarcinoma: a case report.

Background: Orbital metastases are an uncommon finding, being present in just 9% deceased patients with metastatic cancer. Only a quarter of patients with choroidal metastases have bilateral disease. Parotid cancer is not a common form of head and neck malignancy.

Kikuchi-Fugimoto disease (Cervical Subacute Necrotising Lymphadenitis): an important benign disease often masquerading as lymphoma.

Objectives: We describe a rare cause of posterior triangle cervical lymphadenopathy in a third decade female, outline the clinical and histopathological features and discuss excision biopsy as the investigation of choice in this age group, with lymphoma as the diagnosis of exclusion.

Case Report: A thirty-four year old female was referred to our Head and Neck clinic with a one-month history of left posterior triangle lymphadenopathy. She reported no other symptoms and haematological investigations were normal.

Natural history of potentially malignant oral lesions and conditions: an overview of the literature.

At a workshop coordinated by the WHO Collaborating Centre for Oral Cancer and Pre-cancer in the UK issues related to potentially malignant disorders of the oral cavity were discussed by an expert group. The consensus views of the Working Group are presented in a series of papers. In this report we review the literature on the epidemiology and natural history of potentially malignant disorders (PMD), detailing those characteristics of the patients and lesions thought to be associated with future development of oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC).

Sarcoidosis with gingival involvement: a case report.

Background: The case outlined is a rare presentation of sarcoidosis intraorally associated with gingival ulceration.

Methods: The diagnosis was made following a gingival biopsy.

Results: The patient was subsequently referred to a physician for clinical management and the condition resolved without active treatment.

Histopathology of the teeth in segmental odontomaxillary dysplasia: new findings.

Histological examination of the deciduous teeth in two cases of segmental odontomaxillary dysplasia (SOMD) showed fibrous enlargement of the pulps, an irregular pulp/dentine interface displaying many pseudoinclusions and pulp stones. There were tubular defects in the coronal dentine from pulp horn to cusp tip, an irregular tubular structure to the circumpulpal dentine of the apical half, a focally deficient odontoblast layer and widespread external resorption. Together with the clinical features of unilateral maxillary enlargement, upper alveolar expansion in the distal segment, increased spacing and delayed eruption of the deciduous molars and absence of premolar teeth, these histological appearances allow distinction of this condition from fibrous dysplasia (FD), segmental hemifacial hypertrophy (SHH) and regional odontodysplasia (ROD).

Identification and overexpression of human neutrophil alpha-defensins (human neutrophil peptides 1, 2 and 3) in squamous cell carcinomas of the human tongue.

To date, little attention has been paid to the possible role of alpha-defensins (human neutrophil peptides 1-3), HNP-1, HNP-2 and HNP-3 in innate host defence against tumour invasion. In the current study, using a single-dimensional high pressure liquid chromatography (HPLC) method for peptide separation, followed by mass spectrometry and amino acid sequencing for identification and quantitation, we report the overexpression of HNP-1, HNP-2 and HNP-3 in squamous cell carcinomas of the human tongue compared with autogenous non-tumour tissue. Using a specific antibody we show that the defensins are abundant in neutrophils infiltrating human oral squamous cell carcinoma tissue.

Case report: Oral pemphigus vulgaris with multiple oral polyps in a young patient.

A rare case of oral pemphigus vulgaris is presented, which developed initially in a 9-year old Jordanian male. The disease was not well controlled with immunosuppressive therapy and was complicated by the development of multiple oral polyps approximately one year after the onset of symptoms. These lesions were smooth, painless and located particularly on the upper labial gingiva, the labial and buccal mucosae and the tongue.

Invasive front grading: reliability and usefulness in the management of oral squamous cell carcinoma.

Background: The value of histological grading was examined with emphasis on reliability of assessment in 102 cases of intraoral squamous cell carcinoma from Northern Ireland with known outcome.

Methods: Two pathologists independently graded the invasive tumour front blinded to the stage and outcome.

Results: Intraobserver agreement was acceptable but interobserver agreement was not satisfactory.

Unifocal Langerhans' cell histocytosis and frontal sinus agenesis: report of a rare case.

Unifocal Langerhans' cell histiocytosis of the frontal bone is rare. We report a most unusual case of Langerhans' cell histiocytosis of the frontal bone in a patient who had been affected by frontal sinus agenesis. We believe this is the first reported case of its kind.