Central giant cell granuloma is a benign, aggressive neoplasm composed of multinucleated giant cells that almost exclusively occurs in the jaws though extra-gnathic incidence is rare.Multifocal CGCGs of the jaws are very rare and suggestive of systemic diseases such as hyperparathyroidism,an inherited syndrome such as Noonan-like multiple giant cell lesion syndrome or other disorders.Very few c...

Introduction: Central giant cell granuloma is a benign lesion but sometimes has aggressive proliferation composed of multinucleated giant cells in a background of spindle and ovoid mesenchymal cells. Multifocal central giant cell granuloma of jaws is very rare and usually associated with hyperparathyroidism and some syndromes. We described an un-usual case of a 22-year-old man with idi-opathic ...

background and aims. the correlation between morphology of giant cells in peripheral granulomas of the jaws and the aggressive behavior of the lesion is unknown. this study investigated the correlation between the histopathologic features with demographic, gross and radiographic findings in giant cell granulomas. materials and methods. in this analytical study, data from 23 cases of central gia...

a twelve year old girl, an established case of systemic lupus erythematosus, was referred to us suffering from diplopia and nasal speech for a period of 3 months. neurological examination was conducted which revealed a right-sided sixth nerve palsy and a pulsatile nasopharyngeal mass. neurodiagnostic imaging studies confirmed a giant intracavernous internal carotid aneurysm. the malady of the a...

introduction giant fibroadenoma is a rare disease with unknown etiology. during pregnancy, fibroadenomas increase in size and may show lactational histologic changes. high concentrations of estrogen, progesterone, and prolactin promote the ductal growth and formation of tubuloalveolar structures. this may be a reason for the significant enlargement in this period. case presentation we presented...

objective: the purpose of this study was to retrospectively analyze the demographic characteristics of patients with central giant cell granulomas (cgcgs) and peripheral giant cell granulomas (pgcgs) in an iranian population. methods: in this 38-year retrospective study, the data were obtained from records of 1019 patients with cgcg and pgcg of the jaws referred to the department of oral and ma...

giant cell carcinoma of the endometrium is a rare and an aggressive tumor that should be distinguished from other endometrial tumors with a prominent giant cell component, including trophoblastic tumors, certain primary sarcomas, and malignant mixed müllerian tumors. at present, cumulative data on this rare histological variant is limited and the prognostic significance of the presence and the ...

this case report states a 25-year-old woman, residing in the city of dezfool, khuzestan province, south of iran with the diagnosis of cutaneous leishmaniasis in june 2008. her skin lesion had de­veloped from 8 months earlier as a nodule on her left arm, 1×3 cm in diameter. because of sever­ity of the lesion, we prescribed meglumine antimoniate intralesionally with giving up her breast feeding. ...

introduction: osteoma is a benign tumor rarely found in the paranasal sinuses.   case report: a 30-year-old female presented with an 8-month history of proptosis of the right eye that was progressing slowly. she was diagnosed with ethmoid osteoma and managed with collaborative surgery at the ophthalmology and otolaryngology departments. after surgery, the patient suffered visual loss that was m...