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Background: Tongue changes in various systemic diseases have been established in many studies. India being the diabetic capital of the world has many undiagnosed/uncontrolled cases of diabetes.Oral cavity is a mirror of systemic illness; many oral manifestations are associated with the metabolic disease Diabetes mellitus (DM). Aim & Objective: To estimate the prevalence rate of tongue disorders among diabetes mellitus patients. Methods: This observational study includes 100 Diabetic patients taken from the outpatients who reported to the Department of Oral Medicine and Radiology, Tamil Nadu Government Dental College, Chennai and were clinically examined for tongue changes. Results: The prevalence rate of various tongue disorders among the total study population was recorded as 91%. The prevalence of tongue disorders in our study was significantly high in type II DM than type I DM, with respect to specific tongue disorders, a highly significant association was observed between Fissured tongue (17%) and type II DM. Conclusion: Specialists in Oral Medicine & Radiology must look for tongue disorders as one of the oral manifestation of Diabetes mellitus and suspect the presence of DM based on the tongue manifestations in those who are not aware of their Diabetic status and refer them for screening so as to diagnose DM early and treat it effectively.
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Background: Oral cancer being one of the most common malignancies in the low-income group in India. It usually presents in an advanced stage limiting treatment options. The mainstays of treatment being surgery and radiotherapy both being lifestyle changing procedures. Aims and objectives: The purpose of this study is to evaluate the quality of life for oral cancer survivors after surgery in comparison with radiotherapy using ICF questionnaire Materials and methods: Oral cancer patients who underwent surgery (25 patients) and Radiotherapy (25 patients) in Stanley medical college for stage 1 and stage 2 lesions of oral carcinoma for past 3 Years (2013-2015) were enrolled. Results: The study showed that surgery as primary therapy provided a better quality of life than radiotherapy alone in the treatment of oral cancer patients. Conclusion: After comparing the results primary surgery for oral malignancy seems to be the treatment of choice as long as the tumor is amenable to surgical resection. Radiotherapy though resulting in a lower quality of life is very efficacious for unresectable tumors.
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The incidence of multiple primary malignant neoplasms increases with age, reflecting an increase in overall cancer risk in older patients. Cases of two or more concurrent primary cancers are still rare, although its incidence is increasing. Here, we report the case of a 41-years female who was referred to our institution with synchronous papillary carcinoma of thyroid and Adenoid cystic carcinoma of submandibular gland. The case is being presented to emphasize that the clinicians should keep in mind that the appearance of another tumour in a patient suffering from cancer could be either a synchronous or a metachronous or a metastatic lesion.
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Lymphangioma is congenital malformation of the lymphatic system. It is usually found in children, occurs mostly in the neck and the mediastinum. It is rarely found in the spleen, mostly asymptomatic or detected incidentally by imaging modalities, however the clinical features of splenic lymphangioma include abdominal pain, nausea, and abdominal distention. In our case report Lymphangioma with cystic component and daughter cysts has radiologists to consider it as other neoplastic diseases of the spleen.