Mandible is the second most common facial fracture. There has been a significant increase in the number of cases in recent years with the advent of fast moving automobiles. Mandibular fractures constitute a substantial proportion of maxillofacial trauma cases in Lucknow. This study was undertaken to study mandibular fractures clinicoradiologically with an aim to calculate incidence and study pattern and the commonest site of fractures in population in and around Lucknow. Patient presenting with history of trauma at various centers of maxillofacial surgery in and around Lucknow were included in this study. Detailed case history was recorded followed by thorough clinical examination, and radiological interpretation was done for establishing the diagnosis and the data obtained was analyzed statistically. Out of 66 patients with mandibular fractures, highest percentage was found in 21–30 years of age with male predominance. Road traffic accidents were the most common cause of fracture with parasymphysis being commonest site. Commonest combination was parasymphysis with subcondyle. There was no gender bias in etiology with number of fracture sites. The incidence and causes of mandibular fracture reflect trauma patterns within the community and can provide a guide to the design of programs geared toward prevention and treatment.

Quadrigeminal lipoma is a rare tumor that has been categorized as developmental malformation rather than a hamartoma or true neoplasm, due to its origin from abnormal persistence and mal-differentiation of meninx primitiva during the development of the subarachnoid cisterns. Reported admixture of adipose tissue with heterotopic elements also supports a developmental origin. Quadrigeminal lipomas are frequently asymptomatic and detected incidentally. Though a favorable clinical course is usually expected, recurrences may occur due to partial removal of lesions in close relation to vital structure. We describe the role of intraoperative squash smear cytology as a diagnostic aid in quadrigeminal cistern lipoma and an alternative to frozen sections that are technically difficult to obtain due to presence of lobules of fibro-adipose tissue. With radiological correlation, squash cytology can be an economical method for intraoperative diagnosis, pending subsequent histopathological confirmation.

A 55-year-old male patient presented to ENT out-patient department with the complaints of a growth on gums of right side of the lower jaw since three months. The growth had rapidly increased in size, and was associated with pain. There was no history of bleeding from the growth, nor did the patient complain of fever, night sweats or weight loss. The patient was a chronic tobacco chewer, however, there was no history of smoking or of alcohol addiction. On oral examination, there was an irregular proliferative mass involving the right lower gingivo-buccal sulcus, extending from the canine tooth till the third molar, and extending on to the retromolar trigone. The growth also involved the lingual surface of mandible and the adjacent floor of the mouth [Table /Fig-1]. The mass was tender and firm in consistency, and did not bleed on palpation. On examining the neck, there was no palpable lymphadenopathy.

Let G = (V,E) be a graph of order p and size q having no isolated vertices. A bijection ƒ : E → {1, 2, 3, ..., q} is called a local antimagic labeling if for all uv ∈ E we have w(u) ≠ w(v), the weight w(u) = ∑e∈E(u) f(e) where E(u) is the set of edges incident to u. A graph G is local antimagic if G has a local antimagic labeling. The local antimagic chromatic number χla(G) is defined to be the minimum number of colors taken over all colorings of G induced by local antimagic labelings of G. In this paper, we determine the local antimagic chromatic number for some wheel related graphs.

The WHO standards for thyroid volume by ultrasonography tended to underestimate goitre prevalence.