CPC Case Discussants and Contributors

Discussant Contributor

Case 1Dr. Kristin McNamara Dr. Elisabeth BloemenaThe Ohio State University VU Medical CenterColumbus, OH, United States of America Amsterdam, The NetherlandsMcnamara.189@osu.edu e.bloemena@vumc.nl

Case 2 Dr. Ana Veronica Ortega Pinto Dr. Natheer Hashim AbdullaUniversidad de Chile College of Dental Medicine Oral & Craniofacial

Health SciencesSantiago, Chile Sharjah, United Arab Emiratesaortega@odontologia.uchile.cl nhabdulla@sharjah.ac.ae

Case 3 Dr. Amir Afrogheh Dr. Ashleigh BriodyUniversity of the Western Cape and NHLS Central Ohio Skin & CancerCape Town, South Africa Westerville, OH, United States of AmericaAmir_afrogheh@yahoo.com ashleighbriody@gmail.com

Case 4 Dr. Muhammed Yakin Dr. Beatriz AldapeCharles Sturt University FO UNAMOrange, NSW, Australia Mexico City, Mexicomyakin@csu.edu.ua patobu1@hotmail.com

Case 5 Dr. Leticia Ferreira Cabido Dr. Amanda GruzaUniversity of the Pacific University of British ColumbiaSan Francisco, CA, United States of America Vancouver, BC, Canadalferreira@pacific.edu Amanda.gruza@alumni.ubc.ca

Case 6 Dr. Nasser Said-Al-Naief Dr. Eugenio MaioranoOregon Health & Science University Università degli Studi di Bari "Aldo Moro"Portland, OR, United States of America Bari, BA, ItalyNassersaid2009@hotmail.com eugenio.maiorano@uniba.it

Case 7 Dr. Shruti Kashikar Dr. Celeste Sanchez-RomeroRutgers School of Dental Medicine University of CampinasNewark, NJ, United States of America Durango, Brazilskashikar86@gmail.com csr_90@hotmail.com

CPC Case Histories

Case #1 - Male patient, age 74 years with a tumour on the dorsum of the tongue.

Case #2 - Female patient aged 10 years with bleeding gingival overgrowth of 3 months duration. The right lower first molar is carious, mobile with buccal and lingual bone loss. Enlarged bilateral submandibular lymph nodes are palpable bilaterally. The patient has learning disability.

Case 3 - Male patient aged 51 years, who stated that he drank what he thought was “mouldy” Crystal Lite beverage 10 weeks earlier. At that time, he noticed a tickling sensation in the back of his throat, and on inspection, he identified what he described as “an enlarged taste bud” on his posterior dorsal tongue. No response to antibiotics or anti-fungal medication.

Case #4 - Female patient aged 54 years, 2 years history of an asymptomatic radiolucency with cortical expansion, noticed after tooth extraction.

Case #5 - A 57 year old female presented to her oral surgeon with recurrence of an asymptomatic, slowly enlarging, firm swelling involving the anterior maxillary gingiva. There have been several previous biopsy specimens. The maxillary teeth that are not root filled are vital.

Case #6 - Female patient aged 42 years with bilateral parodontal swelling in the maxillary area.

Case #7 - Female patient aged 2 years with multiple tumors affecting skull, orbits and maxillary sinuses. There is bilateral exophthalmos.