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We describe a previously healthy 24-year-old male waiter who presented with very severe xerostomia, such that he consumed an average of 7 pints of milk a day and seriously considered suicide. There were no other symptoms or signs of exocrine gland dysfunction. We discuss the differential diagnosis, investigation, and his subsequent complete response to therapy, with a review of the literature.
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Xerostomia , Adult , Anti-Inflammatory Agents/therapeutic use , Diagnosis, Differential , Humans , Male , Prednisolone/therapeutic use , Sarcoidosis/complications , Xerostomia/complications , Xerostomia/drug therapyABSTRACT
An orbital embryonal rhabdomyosarcoma is reported. The diagnosis was delayed by several weeks due to a concurrent history of repeated trauma.
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Orbit/injuries , Orbital Neoplasms/diagnosis , Rhabdomyosarcoma, Embryonal/diagnosis , Adolescent , Diagnosis, Differential , Edema/diagnosis , Follow-Up Studies , Hematoma/diagnostic imaging , Hemorrhage/diagnosis , Humans , Male , Orbital Diseases/diagnosis , Orbital Diseases/diagnostic imaging , Recurrence , Tomography, X-Ray ComputedSubject(s)
Head and Neck Neoplasms/pathology , Liposarcoma/pathology , Adult , Diagnosis, Differential , Female , Humans , Lipid MetabolismABSTRACT
The various methods of management of prolonged bilateral anterior dislocation of the temporomandibular joints are discussed and the literature is reviewed. Reported is a case in which a bilateral inverted L-shaped ramus osteotomy was performed in order to reposition the mandible and establish normal occlusion; the results were satisfactorily maintained one year postoperatively.
