Management of a Large Palatal Ulcer: Mucous Membrane Pemphigoid.

Mucous membrane pemphigoid (MMP) is an autoimmune disorder that causes inflammatory changes and blistering of the subepithelial layer and is chronic and commonly related to the mucous membranes. It most commonly involves females in the fifth decade of life. In most of the cases, oral mucosa is involved. Dentists might be the first health professional to encounter and make a diagnosis of this rarely occurring disorder with mucocutaneous lesions. This article presents an MMP case report with clinical appearance, diagnosis, management, and follow-up.

Conventional Radiology in Deep Seated Facial Hemangioma: A Case Report.

Hemangioma is congenital or traumatic in origin, and it is caused due to atypical build-up of the blood vessel. It is a painless benign condition with typical characteristic clinical features. These generally occur in the first three decades of life with no gender predispositions. A plain soft tissue radiograph can demonstrate phleboliths and aid in diagnosing an intramuscular hemangioma. The present report is a rare deep-seated facial hemangioma involving various facial muscles with multiple phleboliths; characteristics clinical and radiological features. A 22-year-old male patient reported a complaint of swelling on the right side of the jaw. Conventional radiography showed the right cheek's soft tissue and multiple round, target-like radiopacities of variable sizes.

Mucosal Leishmaniasis Involving the Nostril and Maxillary Sinus: A Case Report.

An eight-year-old child presented with nasal discharge, stuffiness, and whitish polypoid swelling in the left nostril with Bitot's spot. Computed tomography (CT) evaluation showed complete involvement of the left nostril and maxillary sinus. Blood investigations revealed leukocytosis, raised absolute eosinophils, increased alkaline phosphatase, and reduced vitamin A levels. Histopathological examination revealed inflammatory infiltrate with Leishman-Donovan bodies, which confirms the diagnosis of mucosal leishmaniasis (ML). In the present case, the recording of demographic data is important as the child was a migrant from the leishmaniasis-endemic area of Bihar state, India. Nasal polypoid growth was removed by endoscopic surgery, followed by a combination of allopathic and polyherbal preparation. The child responded well to these therapeutic measures, and there was no recurrence of nasal discharge, stuffiness, and crustation at six-month follow-up.