Authors:Giulia Pradal, Daniela Sorrentino, Niccolò Lombardi, Roberto Franchini, Laura Moneghini, Elena Varoni
The aim of this report is to present the diagnostic path and treatment of oral manifestations related to IgG4 disease. This disease has an autimmune nature and it has been identified as a diagnostic...
Oral pathology 28 February 2021
Authors:Silvia Poli, Daniela Sorrentino, Giovanni Lodi, Elena Vegni
Communicating bad news is a difficult and stressful task for all healthcare professionals, including dentists. Effective communication of bad news is essential...
Oral pathology 04 February 2021
Authors:Martina Salvatorina Murgia, Maria Elisabetta Murgia, Alessandra Scano, Cinzia Casu, Germano Orrù
Herpes simplex 1 (HSV-1) infection is often underestimated, despite the global seroprevalence of the virus, present in about 3709 million people. It is estimated that both HSV-1 and Herpes simplex...
Authors:Massimo Albanese, Luigi Fabrizio Rodella, Dario Bertossi, Luca Parenti, Erminia Manfrin, Francesca Zotti
Fibromyxoma is a benign locally aggressive odontogenic tumor with a mesenchymal origin, however its nature is controversial. The World Health Organization both in 2005 classification and 2017...
Oral pathology 29 September 2020
Efficacy of melatonin in prevention of oral mucositis in patients on anticancer therapy
Head and neck cancers are unfortunately common today and the treatment options are multidisciplinary approaches including surgery, chemotherapy, and radiotherapy. However, radiotherapy and...
Authors: G. Lodi, A. Pispero, E.M. Varoni, S. Decani, D. Costa
A 32-year-old male patient is sent, for a right mandibular injury, by his own doctor to the Oral Pathology and Surgery Service of the Operative Unit of Odontostomatology II of ASST Santi Paolo e...
Oral pathology 20 May 2020
Co-authors: F. Scotti, M. Mandaglio, S. Decani, E. Baruzzi
An 83-year-old female patient arrives in urgency complaining of noticeable exacerbation of the symptoms at the level of oral mucous. The patient, non-smoker...
Oral pathology 25 February 2020
A 60-year-old patient in good general health is visited at the Oral Pathology and Surgery Service of the Operative Unit of Odontostomatology II of ASST Santi Paolo e Carlo. The medical history...
Oral pathology 04 December 2019
Angiomatous lesion, of progressive growth, on the dorsum of the tongue in an elderly patient
Authors: D. Migliari, N. Sugaya, M. Trieveiler.
Reported by his dentist, a 76-year-old patient turns to our observation and has noticed for about a month the appearance of a lesion on the back of the tongue. The clinical examination reveals the...
Oral pathology 09 October 2019
Authors: M. Gobbo, G. Ottaviani, K. Rupel, M. Biasotto
A female patient was sent to the Medicine and Oral Pathology clinic of the Dental Clinic of Trieste for the evaluation of an intensely radiopaque foreign body...
Oral pathology 11 September 2019
Co-authors: F. Scotti, M. Mandaglio, S. Decani, E. Baruzzi, L. Moneghini
An 85-year-old patient comes to our attention complaining of the presence of a swelling of the right half-left, present for some time unspecified and gradually increased. The patient's medical...
Authors: G. Mergoni, I. Giovannacci, G. Giunta, G. Ghidini, M. Meleti, M. Manfredi, P. Vescovi
An 11-year-old patient was sent to out observation by her pediatrician for a maxillary gingival lesion that had arisen about 2 months earlier and...
Oral pathology 19 June 2019
Author: Riccardo Mauro Bonacina
Patient AB, a 46-year-old male, comes to our observation complaining of an increase in volume at the palatal level for about a month. The systemic anamnesis...
Co-authors: M. Mandaglio, D. Costa, E. Baruzzi, E.M. Varoni, S. Decani
A patient of 41 years comes to our observation, for special consultation regarding the neoformation at the level of the upper lip. The patient, non-smoker,...
Oral pathology 08 May 2019
Is there a correlation between burning mouth syndrome and the amount of saliva?
Burning mouth syndrome (BMS) is an idiopathic, chronic condition characterized by incessant oral burning or burning sensation, frequently accompanied by...
Oral pathology 20 March 2019
Co-authors: A. Khalil, L. Moneghini, A. Pispero
A 37-year-old male patient arrived at our observation at the Service of Pathology and Oral Surgery of the Operative Unit of Odontostomatology II of ASST Santi Paolo e Carlo, complaining of the...
A male patient, aged 60, underwent a visit complaining about the presence of a whitish and detected neoformation located in the right anterior abdomen of the tongue...
Co-authors: M. Mandaglio, A. Senna, A. Pispero
A 19-year-old young man comes to our observation for the evaluation of an ulcerated neoformation of the tongue present for at least a month. The patient, in ...
Oral pathology 08 January 2019
Gingival swelling adjacent to the dental elements roots: a clinical case
A male patient of 43 years comes to our observation, complaining about the presence of a roundish gingival excretion in the anterior area of the upper jaw. The...