Delano Oliveira Souza

Uncommon dentigerous cyst related to a maxillary lateral incisor in a 03-year-old boy

BackgroundThe dentigerous cyst is usually defined as a cystic cavity that surrounds the crown of an unerupted tooth on the cementoenamel junction. The present article reports a case of an uncommon dentigerous cyst, highlighting its clinical, radiographic and surgical characteristics and discussing the aspects related to its development in infancy.Case reportA 03-year-old boy patient presented with an extensive radiolucid area involving the crown of the right maxillary lateral incisor. A surgical excision was performed. Anatomopathological examination revealed a cystic tissue with a fibrous wall surrounded by nonkeratinized stratified squamous oral epithelium, without atypia.ConclusionIt is possible that the dentigerous cyst grows in the dental germ in any stage of development and not only in the follicle of a tooth with calcified crown attached to the cementoenamel junction.

Fluxo e Capacidade de Tamponamento Salivar em Pacientes com Doenças Cardiovasculares

Resumen pt: Introducao: as doencas cardiovasculares sao a principal causa de morte em muitos paises. A influencia dos medicamentos utilizados pelos cardiopatas poder...

Tratamento de múltiplos lipomas de língua: relato de caso clínico

The lipoma is a benign tumor of adipose cells and it is particularly rare when it’s multiple, when it comes from an uncertain pathogenesis, representing the most common mesenchymal neoplasm, appearing anywhere in the body, mainly in the subcutaneous tissue of the neck, however they are extremely rare in the oral cavity. It consists of nodular masses, moles, insidious growth and asymptomatic. Its frequency in the oral cavity represents 1% to 5% of the oral cancers. This paper aims at presenting a case report of a patient with multiple lipomas located on the bilateral edges of the tongue, treated by conservative local excision under general anesthesia. It is reported the clinical and imaging diagnosis, as well as the treatment employed and proservation.