The word tumour in Latin means a swelling but a tumour or swelling is not always a cancer. Some tumours may be caused by inflammation, infections, cysts or fluid-filled lesions or be due to new...

Occurrence of a LGO can indicate many conditions, both local and systemic, ranging from regular hyperplastic reactive lesions1 to atypical metastatic neoplasms.2 A non-specific term ‘epulis’...

Most dermatological diagnoses, just like most dental ones, are not fatal and, in general, treatment for skin disease is symptomatic, and based on the ‘here and now’.

‘Although this is something often deemed controversial, poorer health outcomes, decreased comprehension of diagnoses and reduced satisfaction with care are all associated with limited English...

There are a number of viruses that may produce a subclinical or an overt infection of the peri-oral, oral, and oropharyngeal region, the most common being a group belonging to the Herpesvirida and the...

Dystonia is a neurological movement disorder, affecting both children and adults, and its prevalence is reported to be 1 in 900. Dystonia can affect different parts of the body and is named...

A 79-year-old female was seen in an emergency ophthalmology clinic presenting with sudden complete visual loss in the left eye in addition to a history of a generalized ongoing headache of two weeks'...

The collection of saliva is a safe, non-invasive and simple method compared to the collection of blood.5 It can be collected without much patient discomfort, and the advantage over other fluids, such...

A 60-year-old male farmer reported to our department with the chief complaint of a growth in the posterior region of the left maxillary residual alveolar ridge of 1½ years' duration. The growth...

A 62-year-old edentulous woman presented with pain and swelling of the floor of her mouth which affected her ability to swallow and also wear her lower denture. There was no relevant medical history...

Lymphoma is a malignancy characterized by the excessive production of B or T lymphocytes. Lymphoid malignancies are generally classified as leukaemia, if they primarily involve the blood and bone...

The human herpes simplex virus (HSV-1) is a member of the Herpesviradae family (Table 1).1 All herpes viruses share characteristic architecture, all being close to 200 nm in diameter and consisting of...

A thorough pain history is crucial and time needs to be taken when taking it as it should provide sufficient detail to guide clinicians to the most likely diagnosis. It is also important to institute...

There are many causes of neutropenia, with drug-induced and autoimmune being the most commonly recognized. Primary neutropenias are uncommon and the benign familial variety is recognized as an...