Retinoblastoma

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Fig. 37.1 3-year-old boy presenting with left leukocoria A small proportion of patients with bilateral disease (5–6 %) carry a deletion involving the 13q14 locus, which is large enough to be…

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Salivary Gland Tumors

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Primary author (year of publication) Study duration (years) Pediatric malignancies (number) Castro 1972 34 19 Dahlqvist 1982 22 9 Byers 1884 37 26 Baker 1985 25 13 Shikhani 1988 30…

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Venous Malformations

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Fig. 45.1 Venous malformation, neck. a Intramuscular VM composed of large, irregular, thin-walled channels. A phlebolith is indicated by arrows. b The channels vary in size and are arranged back…

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Dermoid: Head and Neck

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Fig. 14.1 Dermoid age presentation Embryology Three proposed etiologies [1, 3] Acquired implantation. Traumatic implantation of skin into the deeper layers resulting in formation of a dermal cyst lined with…

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Langerhans Cell Histiocytosis

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Fig. 26.1 Typical involvement of the scalp by LCH in a young child, showing an erythematous plaque with significant desquamation and scaling Children under 3 years of age are more…

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Thyroid Tumors

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Fig. 44.1 Histopathology of papillary carcinoma. a Distinct branching papillae with delicate fibrovascular cores and occasional psammoma bodies (arrow). b Nuclei are typically large, crowded (on top of each other),…

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Hemangiomas

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Fig. 24.1 Types of vascular tumors. a Two-month-old female child with a superficial infantile hemangioma (IH) of the cheek. b Five-month-old female child with a deep IH without overlying skin…

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Giant Cell Tumor

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Fig. 21.1 Frontal (a) and submental (b) photograph of 12-year-old girl with left mandibular swelling Fullness in vestibule (Fig. 21.2) Fig. 21.2 Intraoral photograph demonstrates fullness in left buccal vestibule Loose…

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Pituitary Region Tumors

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Fig. 36.1 Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) appearance of Rathke’s cleft cyst (RCC), with sagittal (a) and coronal (b) T2-weighted images. Note lesion rising out of sella (black arrow) and compressing…

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Fibrous Dysplasia

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Fig. 18.1 G Protein-coupled receptor activation and inactivation pathway. a In its inactive state, the Gsα is bound to guanosine diphosphate (GDP) and βγ subunits. b Agonist binding to the…

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