Introduction: Parapharyngeal space (PPS) tumors account for 0.5% of the head and neck neoplasms. Based on the evidence, 80% of these tumors are of a benign nature. Surgical excision is the treatment of choice for this condition. The present study was conducted to propose transoral resection as an efficient way to excise the benign well-defined tumors of the PPS.   Materials and Methods: Thi...

PURPOSE To describe and analyze the features of a cases series of patients with primary epithelial neoplasms of the lacrimal gland, its surgical treatment, and histopathological findings. METHODS Retrospective evaluation of files from patients with primary epithelial neoplasms of the lacrimal gland in the period from 1997 to 2007. All patients with primary epithelial tumors of the lacrimal gl...

Considering that there are some studies with autopsies from AIDS describing only malignant neoplasias and that changes can occur after the introduction of Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy (HAART), our objectives were to analyze the frequency of benign and malignant neoplasms in AIDS patients in the periods of both pre- and post-HAART. This is a retrospective study with 261 autopsies of HIV-...

Lingual tumors are rare, primarily benign, lesions in the pediatric population. Congenital lesions, such as hemangiomas, lymphatic malformations, dermoids, hamartomas and thyroglossal ducts cysts, are seen more commonly. Primary, non-congenital lingual neoplasms are less common in children. We present three patients with benign lingual neoplasms. Evaluation, management, pathology and follow-up ...

The nasal cavity harbors a wide variety of benign and malignant neoplasms. Benign neoplasms include those arising in epitelial and soft tissues. Hemangioma is an infrequent neoplasm of the nasal cavity, mostly arising in the mucosa and rarely in the bone. We report a case of an intraosseous cavernous hemangioma arising from the nasal floor in a 51 years old woman.

Intracranial solitary fibrous tumors (ISFTs) are rare mesenchymal neoplasms originating in the meninges and constitute a heterogeneous group of rare spindle cell tumors that include benign and malignant neoplasms of which hemangiopericytoma is nowadays considered a cellular phenotypic variant. ISFT usually shows benign or indolent clinical behavior. We describe two cases of ISFT managed in our ...

Most ovarian neoplasms are benign, epithelial types are commonest. There is no regular screening test for detecting malignant ovarian neoplasm, most patients remain asymptomatic until late stages. About 80% of malignant ovarian neoplasm present in stage 3 and 4 with 15% 5 year survival rate. To find out frequency of different types of ovarian neoplasm among women aged 15-60 years and correlates...

Benign gastric tumours are infrequent. In Eusterman and Senty's (1922) series they amounted to about 0-6% of all gastric neoplasms. A higher incidence has been observed by other workers. Lockwood (1932) encountered benign gastric neoplasms in 45% of his cases, Eliason and Wright (1925) in 4.12%, Marshall (1955) in 4-8%, and Stout (1953) in 16-9% (the last high figure no doubt being due to selec...

Sarcomatoid carcinoma is a type of spindle cell neoplasm. These varieties neoplasms comprise diverse collection benign and malignant neoplasms. carcinoma, also known by various other names such as Spindle Lane’s tumor, to name few, an exceedingly rare aggressive variant squamous 3, 7, 8 The variation in its nomenclature reflects the divergent interpretation sarcomatoid component reactive or neo...