Oral Myiasis is a condition in which the soft tissues of different parts of oral cavity are invaded by the parasitic larvae of flies known as Maggots. This study presents a case of oral myiasis in 12 years old mentally retarded girl. Clinically, the patient had multiple perforations of the palatal mucosa at mid-hard palate and tunneling of the palatal gingivae from lateral incisor to the first molar on either side communicated to the palatal perforations. The patient was treated by mechanical removal of the maggots with simple curettage and irrigation with paraffin, povidone iodine and normal saline. After complete larvae removal, the wounds healed normally. Key words: Oral myiases, mentally retarded, fly larvae. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3329/bjms.v10i3.8367 BJMS 2011; 10(3): 206-208
A case of premalignant lesion-leukoplakia of the left buccal mucosa, was excised and defect was reconstructed with human amniotic membrane graft. We evaluated the effectiveness of HAM as a grafting material for the reconstruction of oral mucosal defect after surgical excision of leukoplakia. After 4 weeks of grafting procedure, mucosal defect was restored successfully without any complications.
Two baby's, one was 6 months old and another was 2 months old presented with a rapidly progressing melanotic neuroectodermal tumor of infancy (MNTI) in the maxilla. The tumor extended from the midline to the retromolar area of the left maxilla. It was confirmed as a melanotic neuroectodermal tumor through, radiology, cytology and histopathological examinations. The encapsulated tumor was excised .No recurrence was seen in the initial follow up nearly one year.
A 13 years old boy admitted with the complaint of progressive exophthalmos and gradually decreasing vision on right eye, also occasional headache and deformity on the right fronto-orbital region. Radiological & clinical findings revealed a case of frontal osteoma in the right frontal sinus extending up to right frontal lobe, eroding right roof of the orbit. Complete excision of the tumor mass was possible surgically. Biopsy confirmed a case of osteoma. Below is a discussion on diagnosis & management of frontal osteomaPulse Vol.9 January-December 2016 p.45-48
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