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Little is known about Noma or Cancrum Oris Disease. This entity affects to children with chronic malnutrition, poor oral hygiene, poor environmental sanitation and debilitating concurrent illness. There is general consensus that noma starts as gingivitis. The acute stage responds readily to antibiotic treatment. The sequelae after healing include variable functional and aesthetic impairments, which require reconstructive surgery. We report 3 cases of mandibular ankylosis. Preoperative examination revealed mandibular dismorphism, fusion of maxilla and mandible and ankylosis of the temporomandibular joint. Orthopantography and Computed Thomography scan (TCS) were very useful in planning surgery. The surgical treatment performed consisted in ankylotic bone resection in all cases, accompanied with condrocostal graft reconstruction in one case. All patients continued postoperatively with an intensive physiotherapy. Clinically all patients showed an improvement in eating, chewing and speaking, obviously due to good occlusion. Low collaboration with the mandibular rehabilitation was the most common problem. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The intravascular papillary endothelial hyperplasia (PEH), also known as hémangioendothéliome végétant intra-vasculaire or Masson´s pseudoangiosarcoma, is an unusual benign, non-neoplastic, vascular lesion, with rare non-neoplasic reactive endothelial proliferation most commonly located in the skin or subcutaneous tissues. It is important to remark the features that can distinguish this entity from other neoplasms to avoid inappropriate treatment. Pathological characteristics that distinguish PEH from angiosarcoma could be reduced to circumscription of the lesion, location in a vessel or association with thrombus and papillary architecture without significant cytologic atypia or areas of solid growth. Treatment consists of complete resection of the tumor, including wide enough margins to avoid recurrence. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]