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Chronic ingestion of foods containing elevated levels of beta carotene, a common dietary staple endemic in West Africa, may promote the development of yellow to orange hyperpigmentation of the oral mucosa and skin. This benign condition, known as carotenemia or hypercarotenemia, has received little attention in the general dental literature. The aim of this case report is to increase awareness of this phenomenon by describing the clinical presentation of a patient from Nigeria with conspicuous yellow discoloration of the floor of the mouth and soft palatal mucosa.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFHemangiomas are benign vascular tumors that are relatively unusual in the oral cavity. The management of labial hemangiomas may be challenging for functional and esthetic reasons. In the present case, a 12-year-old boy with a large congenital hemangioma in the area of the upper lip was referred due to esthetic concerns and a history of treatment failure.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAnn Indian Acad Neurol
March 2025
Department of Neurology, GulabBai Bhanwarlal Heeralal General and Cancer Hospital, Udaipur, Rajasthan, India.
Neurosurgery
March 2025
Department of Neurologic Surgery, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA.
Background And Objectives: Schwannomas are benign, slow-growing peripheral nerve sheath tumors. Approximately 8% of intracranial schwannomas originate from the trigeminal nerve. No consensus exists regarding superiority of outcomes after resection vs stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS) in the treatment of trigeminal schwannomas (TS).
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March 2025
St George's University Hospital, NHS Foundation Trust, London SW17 0QT, UK.
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