1.Pleomorphic Adenoma Originating from Submandibular Salivary Gland in an 8-year-old Girl: A Case Report
Gani AN ; Megat Shiraz MAR ; Siti Aishah MA ; Norazizah M ; Mazita A ; Sharifah NA
Medicine and Health 2007;2(2):164-168
Pleomorphic adenoma (PA) typically presents as a benign slow growing, painless
neoplasm of the parotid gland. PA arising from the submandibular gland in the paediatric
age group is rare. Surgical excision is the treatment of choice. A case of PA in an 8-yearold
Malay girl is presented. Clinically she presented with a painless right submandibular
mass measuring 2x2cm. A diagnosis of Pleomorphic adenoma was made on Fine Needle
Aspiration Cytology (FNAC). She underwent submandibulectomy uneventfully.
Postoperatively after two years follow up, she is asymptomatic.
2.Pteridine fluorescence in age-determination of immature Chrysomya megacephala (Fabricius) and Chrysomya rufifacies (Macquart) (Diptera: Calliphoridae)
Roziah, A. ; Rosilawati, R. ; Nazni, W.A. ; Norazizah, A. ; Khairul Asuad, M. ; Lee, H.L.
Tropical Biomedicine 2019;36(2):488-494
In the practice of forensic entomology, the chronological age of the maggots
retrieved from the cadaver is used to determine the minimum post-mortem interval (mPMI)
i.e. minimum time of death. The conventional method of aging the maggots is based on
measuring the growth rate of these maggots. Although effective, the constraint associated
with conventional method necessitates the development of new age determination method,
such as pteridine determination. Pteridine, a by-product of protein metabolism in insects is
known to correlate with the age of a variety of dipterans. A number of studies were
conducted on aging the adults of forensically important flies. In this study, pteridine was
extracted from Chrysomya megacephala and Chrysomya rufifacies maggots of known
age using established methods and determined by measuring the fluorescence at excitation
of 330nm and the emissions between 350nm and 600nm. Results exhibited significant
positive linear relationships between the pteridine accumulations and age of the fly
immature. Pteridine determination is a potential new age determination tool that can be
used to determine mPMI.