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The proper performing of the fine-needle aspiration cytology of head and neck neoplasms leads to an accurate preoperative diagnosis by an inexpensive and relatively simple technique., Competing Interests: Authors declare no conflict of interest.

Oral manifestations of Crohn's disease include gingivitis, deep ulcerations, pseudopolyps, and labial or buccal swelling; these are uncommon in children and can precede or coincide intestinal inflammation lesions, leading frequently to a delayed diagnosis., Competing Interests: Authors declare no conflict of interest.

Oral maxillary exostoses are proliferating bone lesions with an unknown etiology occurring on the cortical plates both in the maxilla and in the mandible of young individuals, showing a typical slow but continuous enlargement. No treatment is usually required unless they create esthetic or functional limitations during follow-up; the biopsy is needed only for doubtful lesions. Furthermore, it is mandatory to collect an accurate familiar history of patients affected by exostosis, especially when occurring with atypical clinical presentation, in order to exclude or prevent potentially associated systemic diseases.

The diode laser promotes regression of the small venous lake of the lip by forced dehydration with induced photocoagulation of the lesions, with an uneventful postoperative course and anesthetic sequelae.