Revue de stomatologie et de chirurgie maxillo-faciale
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Headaches are a very common complaint for general practitioners and neurologists. When a regional cause has been excluded, the neurologist will class headaches according to the criteria of the International Headache Society. An estimate of the 1-year prevalence of migraine in adults is about 10-15%. ⋯ Surgical treatment may be proposed secondarily. In conclusion, the right diagnosis leads to the right treatment. Thus, daily chronic headaches due to drug overuse can be avoided.
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Rev Stomatol Chir Maxillofac · Oct 1999
Review Case Reports[Oral amyloidosis and multiple myeloma. Apropos of a case and review of the literature].
We describe a case of amyloidosis with oral involvement as a complication of multiple myeloma. Through a review of the literature, the classification, the pathogenesis, the epidemiological and clinical aspects, the prognosis, the diagnosis and medical treatment of amyloidosis are discussed.
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Autoimmune bullous diseases (AIBD) are characterized by autoantibodies targeted against adhesion molecules, impairing their formation. According to localization criteria, pemphigus (intraepidermal blister and desmosomal involvement) and pemphigoid (subepidermal blister and dermoepidermal junction involvement) can be distinguished. In two-thirds of the cases, pemphigus vulgaris begins with oral lesions (mainly the buccal mucosa and palate, rarely the gingiva). ⋯ Immunoelectron microscopy or immunoblast transfer may be needed for positive diagnosis. Corticosteroids are used to treat pemphigus and dapsone is used for cicatricial pemphigoid. Immunosuppressive therapy is rarely needed.
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Rev Stomatol Chir Maxillofac · Aug 1999
Review Case Reports[Lithiasis of a minor salivary gland. Apropos a case].
Sialolithiasis of minor salivary glands is generally considered to be extremely rare, particularly in younger persons. In addition, the symptomatology of this entity is not always typical and, for this reason, clinical misdiagnosis is possible. A case of sialolithiasis of minor salivary glands of the cheek in a 20 year-old woman is reported. The clinical diagnosis is verified by the histopathological examination after surgical excision of the lesion.
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Rev Stomatol Chir Maxillofac · Apr 1998
Review Case Reports[Multiple lipoma of the tongue. Apropos of a case and review of the literature].
Lipomas are uncommonly located in the tongue and multiple forms are rare. We describe a case of multiple lipoma of the tongue in a female patient aged 60 years who also presented subcutaneous cervical lipoma. The literature on multiple lipomas is discussed.