[Complications in surgical treatment of thyroid diseases].

The Aim: of this study was examination of laryngeal nerve injury, hypoparathyroidism, bleeding and thyroid storm frequency after thyroidectomy.

Material And Methods: Retrospective analysis of 847 patients surgically treated from 1985 to 2004 due to thyroid cancer (77) or multinodular goiter (770). We analyzed influence of type of thyroidectomy, diagnosis and reoperation on complication rates.

[Primary hyperparathyroidism--case report and review of the literature].

We present case report of primary hyperparathyroidism treated surgically as well as a review of literature concerning this subject. The disease of not well known etiology presents with elevated parathormon levels and hypercalcemia. Primary hyperparathyroidism which states 85% percent of all kinds of hyperparathyroidism is usually parathyroid adenoma, in 11-15% glandular hyperplasia and in 1-4% parathyroid cancer.

US of the major salivary glands: anatomy and spatial relationships, pathologic conditions, and pitfalls.

Ultrasonography (US) is useful for differential diagnosis of diseases of the salivary glands. In acute inflammation, salivary glands are enlarged and hypoechoic with increased blood flow; they may contain multiple small, oval, hypoechoic areas. In chronic inflammation, salivary glands are normal sized or smaller, hypoechoic, and inhomogeneous.

[Acute suppurative thyroiditis--laryngologic problem].

Introduction: Authors present four cases of acute suppurative thyroiditis treated in our department. Initial symptoms are similar to acute pharyngitis or laryngitis but could end in fulminant course that could be life threatening.

Material And Methods: We present etiology, clinical symptoms and accessory exams as well as new treatment methods.

[Haemangiopericytoma of the parotid gland].

Haemangiopericytoma is a vascular, soft tissue neoplasm with rare occurrence in the head and neck region. On the basis of literature we discuss etiology, symptomatology, histopathology, diagnosis, treatment and prognosis. We present the case of 66-old woman with haemangiopericytoma in the parotid gland treated by surgery.