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Background: Lateral palatal synechiae are rare congenital adhesions running from the free borders of the cleft palate to the lateral parts of the tongue or the oral cavity floor, typically found in cleft palate lateral synechiae syndrome. In this study, we present a case of a cleft palate associated with lateral synechiae (intraoral fibrous band) extending from the margin of the cleft palate to the floor of the mouth on the left side. Management of the oral synechia should aim to allow for airway stability, successful oral nutrition and oro-mandibular development. The surgical treatment started with Surgical transection of the band under general anesthesia to facilitate the palatoplasty procedure. Oral synechia may present as an isolated abnormality or as a component of the syndrome. Only a few isolated cases of oral synechia have been previously reported in the literature. In this study we discuss variations in intraoral synechiae associated with cleft palate and the etiology of lateral palatal synechiae through a literature review
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Lymphoma is the third most common cancer worldwide. Oral cavity Lymphoma forms 3% of all lymphomas in the general population. This is a case report of non Hodgkin B-cell lymphoma in 60 –year-old black male who was diagnosed earlier as having benign lympho-epithelial lesions of salivary and lacrimal glands. The patient was complaining of painless symmetrical facial swelling of the parotid, submandibular and lacrimal glands. Serological findings were negative for antinuclear antibody (ANA), anti-SS-A and anti-SS-B antibodies. Bilateral surgical excision of disfiguring buccal swollen salivary gland revealed a B-cell lymphoma. Chemotherapy started and dramatic response was noticed with total disappearance of all lacrimal and salivary gland swelling.