Prenika Sharma

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Leiomyomas are the smooth muscle tumors that most commonly occur in the uterus, skin and gastrointestinal tract. They are benign in nature and rarely seen in oral cavity and it accounts for 0.42% of all oral soft tissue tumors. Angioleiomyomas are believed to be originated from perivascular area of blood vessels. Angioleiomyomas presents a diagnostic challenge as its clinical features are non-specific that mimics other exophytic lesions and is usually misdiagnosed. Here we are reporting a case of angioleiomyoma in a 14- year- old Kashmiri boy.  It is very rare case involving mandibular gingiva. Clinically Lesion presented as reactive inflammatory hyperplasia and histopathologic examination revealed features of angioleiomyoma. Keywords: Angioleiomyoma (ALs), Benign tumor, Pyogenic granuloma, Histopathology (HPE)

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Introduction: Aim of the present study is to determine gender using morphometric measurements on the frontal sinuses MDCT- scan. Materials and Methods: The study included 100 subjects (50 males and 50 females). For each participant frontal sinus dimensions were measured for both sides using MDCT on commercially available software. Results: The mean lengths of Right width, Left width, Left depth and Left height were significantly larger in males than in females. There was no significant difference in measurements of both sides in either males or females. Conclusion: Some parameters in frontal sinuses were significantly larger in males and these can be used in forensic for determination of gender. Sample size was small so study with larger sample size is advised in future. Keywords: Frontal sinus, Morphometric analysis, Sex, Computed tomography, MDCT, CT.

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Introduction:  Aim of the present study is see the position of mental foramen on OPG in the local Punjabi population. Materials and Methods:  This study was carried out on 305 digital panoramic radiographs of North Indian (Punjabi) population. Patients aged from 18 to 64 years were divided into 2 groups. Group A consisted of those patients between 18 and 40 years and Group B were between 41 and 64 years of age. Results:  On the right side, the most common shape of the metal foramina in Males and Females are (51.4%) and (39.2%) respectively. The most common horizontal location of MF on the right side was found to be accounting to be 54.3% and 45.5% in males and females respectively. The vertical location is variable on the right and left side and the location is In males, size was bit larger on left than right side and in females; it was almost same on both the sides. Keywords: Mental foramen, OPG, Implant, Punjabi

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