[Combined induction chemotherapy and radiotherapy in case of undifferentiated carcinoma of nasopharynx tumours (UCNT)].

Objective: The objectives of our study were to consider the morbidity and the effectiveness of combined induction chemotherapy and radiotherapy in the treatment of Undifferentiated Carcinoma of Nasopharynx Tumor (UCNT).

Patients And Methods: It was a retrospective study (1987-2002) of patients who had not received any previous treatment. Patients with distant metastases during initial assessment were excluded.

[Reconstruction after tumor resection of the anterior skull base with an of abdominal fat graft].

Objectives: Reconstruction of the anterior skull base is a surgical stage as significant as tumor removal. The quality of the reconstruction is the primary determinant of postoperative mortality, morbidity. The aim of our work was to assess the results of a reconstruction process combining: 1) a pericranium graft held by biological glue to complete the dura mater; 2) an abdominal fat graft supported by a Silastic arch to maintain the neurological structures.

[The outcome of treatments for carcinoma of the external auditory canal].

Objective: A retrospective analysis of management and survival of patients treated for temporal bone carcinoma.

Patients And Methods: Thirty patients underwent treatment for carcinoma of the temporal bone. Twenty-five squamous cell carcinomas, 1 melanoma, 2 basocellular carcinomas and 2 adenoid cystic carcinomas were treated.

[Course and prognosis of basaloid squamous cell carcinoma: case-control study of 49 patients].

Introduction: The course and prognosis of basaloid squamous cell carcinoma (BSCC) are not well known.

Objectives: To study the course and prognosis in a population of BSCC patients.

Materials And Methods: We analyzed a retrospective cohort of 49 patients with BSCC in comparison with a cross-matched population of 49 patients treated for well- to moderately differentiated squamous cell carcinoma (SCC).

[Surgical and/or endoscopic treatment of acquired tracheal stenosis in adult patients].

Objectives: Retrospective survey (over 13 Years) of the surgical treatment of 46 acquired tracheal stenosis, in adult patients. Our goals were to study their epidemiology, changes in the surgical technique with the cervical or endoscopic approach, and the recent contribution of endoprotheses.

Materials And Methods: Sixty-six therapeutic procedures were performed for 46 tracheal stenoses.

[Malignant carotid paraganglioma. A case report].

The most common sites of paragangliomas occurring in the head and neck region are the carotid body and vagal glomus. The clinical course of carotid body paragangliomas is characterized by two modes of development: locoregional growth and distant metastatic dissemination. Few cases of malignant carotid body paraganglioma have been reported in the literature.

[Congenital nasal pyriform aperture stenosis: a case report].

Congenital nasal pyriform aperture stenosis is a rare and poorly understood pathology. It's etiology is unknown. In cases with severe nasal airway obstruction, this anomaly may produce newborn respiratory destress similar to those seen in bilateral posterior choanal atresia.