Juvenile ossifying fibromas (JOFs) are the fibro-osseous lesions known to occur in children. Although benign, they are locally aggressive and are known to reoccur. They have two microscopic patterns; trabecular and psammomatoid. Here, we report a case of JOF in a 4-year old male patient who reported to our department with a chief complaint of swelling over the right side of the lower third of his face.
Carcinoma ex-pleomorphic adenoma is a rare salivary gland malignancy, usually derived from a long-standing or recurrent benign tumor, the pleomorphic adenoma.1 This rare tumor comprises less than 4% of salivary gland neoplasms and 11.6% of salivary gland carcinomas. They mostly involve the “major” salivary glands1 and their occurrence in the minor salivary gland is considered rare, especially in the upper lip. So far there is only one report of CXPA occurring in the upper lip in the literature.13 Hereby, we present a case of carcinoma ex-pleomorphic adenoma in a 52-year-old woman who reported to our department with a painful swelling on the upper lip which was diagnosed and treated successfully.
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