Unusual Nasal Insufficiency in an Infant: What's Behind the Nostril?

Objectives: Inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor (IMT) is a rare benign lesion, especially in the pediatric age. There are several cases described in pulmonary, digestive and renal localizations, but involvement in head and neck area is infrequent.

Methods: Case report and review of the literature.

Provox 2 and Provox Vega device life-time: a case-crossover study with multivariate analysis of possible influential factors and duration.

Introduction: Tracheoesophageal speech is considered the gold standard for rehabilitation following total laryngectomy. Current literature is limited and contradictory about the possible causes of device failure. The aim of the study is to compare the device life-time between the Provox 2 and Provox Vega and to examine possible related factors that influence their duration.

[Primary non-Hodgkin lymphoma of the parotid gland: Revision of 8 cases].

The manifestation of non-Hodgkin lymphoma as a primary parotid tumour account for 5% of all tumours at this location. We present 8 patients diagnosed and treated for parotid non-Hodgkin lymphoma in our hospital between 1996 and 2003. Of the cases, 62% were women who had an indurated mass for almost 4 months.

[Treatment of chin deformities].

Facial beauty depends on the form, proportion and position of its various units. The chin is the most prominent element of the lower third of the face, both in the frontal view and in profile. The surgical approach to chin deformities did not start until the second half of the twentieth century.

[Bronchoscopy in children with foreign body aspiration].

Introduction And Objectives: Aspiration of foreign body presents a high incidence of mortality during the paediatric life period. Family suspect and detection of specific symptoms and signs determine the need of bronchoscopy. The objective of this study is to establish the clinical parameters that indicate foreign body in airway.

[Resection with end-to-end anastomosis for postintubation tracheal stenosis].

Objective: To study results of resection and end-to-end anastomosis in tracheal stenosis (TS).

Patients And Method: Retrospective review of 14 patients with previous long-term intubation and residual tracheal stenosis, all operated on with resection and end-to-end anastomosis. We studied the percentage of surgical success, decannulation index, use of Montgomery T tube, and complications.