Foreign Body in the Hard Palate of Infant.

BACKGROUND: Foreign bodies adherent to the hard palate often mimic oral lesions. Case report: A 10-month-old female infant presented with the sudden development of a hard palate lesion. With photography and visualization, the "lesion" was a false nail, which belonged to the child's caregiver. Discussion/conclusion: The differential diagnosis of palatal lesions in infants should include foreign bodies, and if identified as such, evaluation under anesthesia may be avoided.

Hemi Le Fort III Fracture with Subdural and Subarachnoid Pneumocephalus with a Mild Mount Fuji Sign

ABSTRACT: Extensive fractures in the fixed facial skeleton combined with traumatic brain injury can cause functional and esthetic impairments, possibly threatening the patient's life. Male patient, 50-year-old, victim of physical aggression, presented with persistent headache and dizziness, fractures in the naso-orbito-ethmoidal, zygomatic-maxillary and right pterygoid process regions, among other minor patterns of facial fracture, with mobility to maxillary traction of the third midface unilaterally. Clinical-imaging findings revealed a Hemi Le Fort III fracture and subdural and subarachnoid pneumocephalus with a mild Mount Fuji Sign. The proposed treatment was facial osteosynthesis and conservative intravenous drug treatment of the pneumocephalus. The patient had a good recovery, with no postoperative motor or functional deficits. The correct management of the patient with facial trauma associated with craniotrauma offers benefits, restoring stability of facial architecture and preventing or correcting neurosurgical complications.

RESUMEN: Las fracturas extensas en el esqueleto facial combinadas con una lesión cerebral traumática pueden causar deficiencias funcionales y estéticas, que posiblemente pongan en peligro la vida del paciente. Paciente de sexo masculino, 50 años, víctima de agresión física, que presentó cefalea persistente y mareos, fracturas en las regiones naso-orbito-etmoidal, cigomático-maxilar y pterigoides derecha, entre otros patrones menores de fractura facial, con movilidad a tracción maxilar del tercio medio facial unilateralmente. Los hallazgos de las imágenes clínicas revelaron una hemifractura de Le Fort III y neumocefalia subdural y subaracnoidea con un leve signo del Monte Fuji. El tratamiento propuesto fue la osteosíntesis facial y el tratamiento farmacológico intravenoso conservador de la neumocefalia. El paciente tuvo una buena recuperación, sin déficit motor ni funcionales postoperatorios. El manejo adecuado del paciente con trauma facial asociado a craneotrauma ofrece beneficios, devolviendo la estabilidad de la arquitectura facial y previniendo o complicaciones neuroquirúrgicas.

Oral profile of eating disorders patients: Case series.

Oral alterations in patients diagnosed with eating disorders (ED) are reported in the literature, but few articles demonstrate these changes in a specific population. This study aims to summarize the findings of 26 patients with ED in a Brazilian dental clinic, through analyzing the body mass index and oral conditions (decayed, missing and filled teeth-DMFT, dental wear, salivary flux, xerostomia, oral hygiene-OHI-S, oral lesions, and the prevalence of candidiasis), in order to facilitate recognition and enable accurate diagnosis for the general dentist. Probably, the premature diagnosis of ED resulted in lower DMFT and oral lesions.