Giant Sclerosing Oral Rhabdomyosarcoma-A Unique Case.

We present a case of oral Rhabdomyosarcoma in a 50 years old man presenting with a huge mass in the oral cavity. Pre operative investigations showed the mass to be Rhabdomyosarcoma. The mass was excised and subjected to histopathogical and immunohistochemical examinations which confirmed to be Rhabdomyosarcoma.

Juvenile Nasopharyngeal Angiofibroma: A Rise in Incidence.

Juvenile nasopharyngeal angiofibroma is a very rare, highly vascular, uncapsulated and locally invasive tumor. Recently a changing trend has been seen in its epidemiology, pathogenesis, diagnosis, medical management, pre-operative care, surgical management and post-operative care including radiotherapy. Study the changing trend basically in the north-eastern region of south-east Asia and its prospects. Retrospective study of patients presenting with JNA between the study period of 6 months (October 2014-March 2015) in the, Department of Otolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery, Assam Medical College, Dibrugarh, Assam, India. Incidence in comparison to previous studies has increased. Eight patients were treated in the study period. Different approaches were used. Mean age of presentation was 18 years and more than 75 % of them were either Stage III or Stage IV. Different approaches like transpalatine, transpalatine along with transnasal, lateral rhinotomy and endoscopic surgery were used. The recurrence rate was 12.5 %. Surgery by transpalatine approach should be the choice of treatment. Endoscopic resection should be only used for Stage I or Stage II disease.