Temporal Space Lymphatic Malformation in a 15-Year-Old Adolescent: An Extraordinary Case

Abstract

Lymphatic malformations-previously called lymphangiomas or cystic hygromas-are regarded as nonmalignant primary disorders of the lymphatic system. They appear predominantly in infants and children, with 90 % of cases being diagnosed by the age of 2 years. Also, they constitute an infrequent entity, accounting for 5 % of all benign tumors in infants and children. In adults they are extremely rare. In the present article we present an extraordinary case of a lymphatic malformation that ensued in the temporal area of a 15-year old adolescent.

Prevalence of Oral Diseases in Pediatric Population in Karachi, Pakistan-A Cross-Sectional Survey

“…The highest number of cases reported differed across from 13.5 years to 12-15 years of age [18,20]. The studies of Petersen [2] and Marcenes W et al [7] and Ali DA [8] didn't have any findings depicting the number of cases according to age, thus comparison is not possible [2][3][4][5][6][7][8]. The limitation of our study was the data collected was only from selected tertiary care facilities.…”

“…The commonest category was the dental problems with dental caries contributing to 475 cases [7] making dental Caries the most common oral diseases found in all age groups [2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9]. It is the leading cause of Dental Extractions in permanent dentition whiles the 3rd most common in deciduous dentition [1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17]. Trauma is the second common reason for reporting with lacerations mostly.…”

“…WHO report found that oral cancer and caries increased markedly by an average of 45.6% from 1990 to 2010 in parallel with the major non-communicable diseases like diabetes by 69.0% [3]. Pediatric Oral and maxillofacial surgery is an area of special interest within dentistry as the presentation and management of oral and maxillofacial disorder's in children differ from adults in nature and severity [4][5][6]. According to a report, oro-dental trauma prevalence was 5-12% in children aged 6-12 years in Middle East on contrary a study conducted in Kuwait in which dental caries was the most common problem in children aged 12-16 years with males having higher DMFT score [7].…”

“…In industrialized countries, caries incidence was between16-40% among 6 year old children and 4-33% among 12-14 year old age group [9]. Several studies found that developing countries had dental infectious diseases such as dental caries as the leading cause for dental visit in children contrary to the developed countries where it was congenital diseases and oro-dental traumatic injuries [2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16]. Dental anomalies found in Kuwaiti children were missing mandibular first molar followed by mandibular second pre-molar and maxillary first molar while in Jordan maxillary hypodontia [106 patients] was prevalent than mandibular hypodontia (46 patients) [7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17].…”

“…Dental anomalies found in Kuwaiti children were missing mandibular first molar followed by mandibular second pre-molar and maxillary first molar while in Jordan maxillary hypodontia [106 patients] was prevalent than mandibular hypodontia (46 patients) [7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17]. Reason for missing teeth was found to be tooth loss due to caries in contrast to congenital absence [1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17]. Tooth loss was the main morbidity associated with increased caries incidence and lack of dental services in underdeveloping countries.…”