Ellis-Van Creveld syndrome: dental management considerations and description of a new oral finding.

Ellis-Van Creveld is a rare syndrome with characteristic dental and orofacial findings. Dental management of patients with Ellis-Van Creveld syndrome can be complicated by the associated skeletal and cardiac abnormalities. Here, we present the dental and orofacial findings in a patient with Ellis-Van Creveld syndrome, describe a new oral finding, and discuss the dental management considerations.

Central mucoepidermoid carcinoma in a previously enucleated radiolucent lesion in the mandible. A case report.

Central muco epidermoid carcinomas (CMC) are rare tumours, representing about 2 to 3% of all mucoepidermoid carcinomas. Usually affecting the mandible, they appear as uni- or multilocular radiolucent lesions. We report a case of CMC in a 52-year-old Middle Eastern woman who presented with pain, limitation of jaw movement and tingling sensation of the tongue, related to a radiolucent lesion in the angle of the mandible. The lesion was first detected but not diagnosed in another hospital three years earlier. We describe the progression of the lesion over the past three years and describe the clinical, radiographic, histopathological, and surgical aspects of the case.