1/3. Malignant lymphoma presenting as pericoronitis. A case report.A case of diffuse, large-cell non-Hodgkin's lymphoma presenting as pericoronitis in the oral cavity is described. The diagnostic pitfalls are briefly discussed.- - - - - - - - - - ranking = 1keywords = oral cavity, cavity (Clic here for more details about this article) |
2/3. Large-cell carcinoma metastatic to the jaw. Report of a case.A case of two metastatic lesions of the oral mucosa simulating odontogenic infections is presented. One lesion mimicked chronic pericoronitis, and the other lesion mimicked a dental abscess. The case stresses the need for routine biopsy and pathology examination of conditions found in the oral cavity.- - - - - - - - - - ranking = 1keywords = oral cavity, cavity (Clic here for more details about this article) |
3/3. Lympho-epithelial cysts: a maxillofacial surgeon's perspective.Cervical swellings are referred to Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons and may subsequently be diagnosed as lympho-epithelial cysts. The clinical presentation of such swellings appears to differ from that seen in other specialties also treating these cysts in that a larger proportion of lympho-epithelial cysts presenting to our specialty are infected, which complicates the diagnosis and also the subsequent management. We present our recent experience of 5 patients who underwent excision of a lympho-epithelial cyst, all of which were infected on initial presentation and four of which were associated with concurrent ipsilateral dento-alveolar infection. The fifth case presented with rapid development of a cervical swelling in the immediate post-natal period. As these cysts contain abundant lymphoid tissue as an integral part of the lymph drainage system of the head and neck, we propose that the management of an infected lympho-epithelial cyst should include a full clinical and radiographic examination of the oral cavity for a possible focus of infection and indeed any patient awaiting surgery for a non-infected cyst would benefit from an examination of the mouth and treatment of any sites of chronic infection.- - - - - - - - - - ranking = 1keywords = oral cavity, cavity (Clic here for more details about this article) |