Venous vascular malformations of the parotid gland are very rare vascular tumors,especially among adults.This case report discusses the presentation and challenges of diagnosing a venous vascular malformation of the p...
Background: Parotid surgery with dissection of the facial nerve branches is a technically challenging surgery. Even in experienced hands, parotidectomy has well-documented post-operative complications. We aim to evalu...
a part of project that was financially supported by School of Public Health,Tehran University of Medical sciences(TUMS),(Proj.No.95-02-27-31419);the center for research and training in skin diseases and leprosy.
Objective:To investigate Phlebotomus(P.)sergenti Parrot,1917(Diptera:Psychodidae)salivary gland antigens and their immune response in human.Methods:Human volunteers were exposed to sand flies’bites in the laboratory,...
the financial support from the National Foundation of Natural and Science China (grant nos 81671005, 39270723, 39470753, 30572050, and 03031102)
The principle of modern oncological surgery is to conserve the functional organs or tissues as much as possible based on eradication of the tumour.For salivary gland tumours,conservative and functional salivary surger...
Introduction:Tuberculosis stays one of public health failure in developing countries.Lymph node infection is the most frequent localization of extrapulmonary tuberculosis but its localization in parotid gland is rare....
BACKGROUND Clear cell sarcoma is an aggressive rare malignant neoplasm with morphologic and immunohistochemical similarities to malignant melanoma.Both disease entities display melanin pigment and melanocytic markers,...
To the Editor:Salivary gland choristoma of the middle ear is a normal salivary gland tissue located in the middle ear.It is a benign and slow growing neoplasm that usually involves the ossicular chain and facial nerve...
BACKGROUND Only a few cases of carcinoma ex pleomorphic adenoma arising in the submandibular gland have ever been reported,all with a poor prognosis. The standard treatment for salivary gland carcinoma ex pleomorphic ...
Background: The spectrum of salivary gland lesions is wide and the relative incidence of neoplastic and non-neoplastic lesions is variable in different studies. Despite the relatively common nature of salivary gland d...
Adenoid Cystic Carcinoma (ACC) is an infrequent slow growing epithelial tumour constituting for around less than 1% of all the oral and maxillo-facial malignancies and almost 10% of all the salivary gland tumors. Paro...