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BACKGROUND: A case of a 2.7kg term baby with a large epignathus, a rare congenital teratoma arising from the palate is presented. Birth was by spontaneous vaginal delivery (SVD). The baby survived following a timely multidisciplinary approach to her management. This is the first reported case in Ghana.
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Neoplasias Palatinas/congênito , Teratoma/congênito , Feminino , Humanos , Lactente , Recém-Nascido , Neoplasias Palatinas/patologia , Teratoma/patologiaAssuntos
Melanoma/diagnóstico , Neoplasias Cutâneas/diagnóstico , Humanos , Imageamento por Ressonância Magnética , Melanoma/cirurgia , Tomografia por Emissão de Pósitrons combinada à Tomografia Computadorizada , Guias de Prática Clínica como Assunto , Padrões de Prática Médica , Cuidados Pré-Operatórios , Neoplasias Cutâneas/cirurgia , Tomografia Computadorizada por Raios X , Reino UnidoAssuntos
Dermatoses Faciais/etiologia , Doenças do Sistema Nervoso/complicações , Rosácea/etiologia , Antipsicóticos/uso terapêutico , Dermatoses Faciais/tratamento farmacológico , Feminino , Humanos , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Pregabalina/uso terapêutico , Rosácea/tratamento farmacológico , Resultado do TratamentoRESUMO
A total of 182 patients with orofacial tumours and tumour-like lesions who attended the oral and maxillofacial surgical department of the Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital, Accra, were studied from 1 January 1998 to 31 December 2003. Both malignant and benign tumours were recorded and were more common among men (99/182, 54%) in whom they were seen most often between the ages of 41 and 70 years. Among female patients they were more common in the 11-20 year age group. The mandible, maxilla, and palate were most often affected. A total of 108 tumours were diagnosed as malignant (59%), 27 (15%) as benign odontogenic tumours, and 47 (26%) as benign non-odontogenic and tumour-like lesions. Malignant tumours were usually detected in men between the ages of 41 and 70 years (43% of all men); whilst benign tumours were evenly distributed between the sexes with more among girls in the 11-20 year age group. The most common malignant tumours were squamous cell carcinoma (SCC), (69/108, 64%) and lymphomas (18/108, 17%). The predominant benign odontogenic and non-odontogenic tumours were ameloblastoma and fibro-osseous lesions, respectively. The usual method of treatment was resection (58/182, 32%).
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Neoplasias Faciais/epidemiologia , Neoplasias Maxilomandibulares/epidemiologia , Neoplasias Bucais/epidemiologia , Adolescente , Adulto , Fatores Etários , Idoso , Idoso de 80 Anos ou mais , Ameloblastoma/epidemiologia , Carcinoma de Células Escamosas/epidemiologia , Criança , Pré-Escolar , Feminino , Seguimentos , Gana/epidemiologia , Humanos , Linfoma/epidemiologia , Masculino , Neoplasias Mandibulares/epidemiologia , Neoplasias Maxilares/epidemiologia , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Tumores Odontogênicos/epidemiologia , Neoplasias Palatinas/epidemiologia , Estudos Prospectivos , Fatores Sexuais , Adulto JovemRESUMO
Prostate cancer is recognised to be the commonest type of malignancy in the male in many parts of the world. Prostate cancer has a propensity to metastasize to bone, however metastasis to the jaw is uncommon and indeed among metastatic tumours of the jaws which are a rarity, only about 9% originate from a prostatic primary. We report a case of histologically proven metastatic prostate cancer to the right mandible which necessitated a hemi-mandibulectomy in order to improve the patient's quality of life.