[A thyroid-like low-grade nasopharyngeal papillary adenocarcinoma].

Thyroid-like low-grade nasopharyngeal papillary adenocarcinoma is a rare histopathological entity. Patients usually complain of nasal obstruction and epistaxis. Diagnosis is confirmed on endonasal biopsy using immunohistochemical studies.

A prospective multicentre REFCOR study of 470 cases of head and neck Adenoid cystic carcinoma: epidemiology and prognostic factors.

Background: Adenoid cystic carcinoma (ACC) accounts for 1% of malignant head and neck tumours [1] and 10% of salivary glands malignant tumours. The main objective of our study is to investigate the prognostic factors influencing the event-free survival (EFS) of patients with ACC.

Patients And Methods: A multicentre prospective study was conducted from 2009 to 2018.

Gold nanoclusters as a contrast agent for image-guided surgery of head and neck tumors.

With the objective to evaluate the potential of ultra-small gold (Au) nanoclusters (NCs) for optical image-guided surgery, we synthesized and characterized AuNCs shelled by zwitterionic or pegylated ligands. The toxicity of the different AuNCs was evaluated on the Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma (HNSCC) CAL-33 and SQ20B cell lines in vitro. The safer AuNCs were administrated intravenously to mice for the determination of the pharmacokinetic properties.

Facial nerve tractography: A new tool for the detection of perineural spread in parotid cancers.

Objectives: To determine whether facial nerve MR tractography is useful in detecting PeriNeural Spread in parotid cancers.

Methods: Forty-five participants were enrolled. Thirty patients with surgically managed parotid tumors (15 malignant, 15 benign) were compared with 15 healthy volunteers.

Malnutrition and refeeding syndrome prevention in head and neck cancer patients: from theory to clinical application.

Purpose: The goal of this review is to raise awareness about refeeding syndrome (RFS) and to give a comprehensive presentation of recent guidelines and latest scientific data about nutritional management among head and neck cancer (HNC) patients while focusing on RFS prevention.

Methods: A review of literature for nutritional assessment and RFS management was conducted. Electronic searches of Medline, Cochrane, PubMed and Embase databases for articles published in peer-reviewed journals were conducted from February to September 2017 using the keywords: "nutrition assessment", "head and neck cancer", "refeeding syndrome" and "guidelines".

Cricoarytenoid Joint Ankylosis: Classification and Transoral Laser Microsurgical Treatment.

Objective: This study aimed to describe a graduated approach for effective transoral mobilization of cricoarytenoid joint ankylosis (CJA) in the context of the Bogdasarian system of classifying posterior glottic web-based stenosis (PGWS).

Study Design: This is a retrospective cohort study through data from medical records and operative notes. A consecutive series of 23 patients who underwent reconstructive transoral laser microsurgery for PGWS with a significant degree of CJA (Bogdasarian grade III-IV) was included in the study.

Spontaneous Cerebrospinal Fluid Rhinorrhea: Association with Body Weight and Imaging Data.

 Spontaneous cerebrospinal fluid rhinorrhea (SCSFR) might be the only clinical manifestation of idiopathic intracranial hypertension (IIH), which has been historically related to overweight. Our goal was to search for an association between SCSFR and increased body weight on the one hand and SCSFR and imaging findings suggestive of IIH on the other hand.  We retrospectively collected clinical and radiological data of patients operated on endoscopically for SCSFR in our institution from 1993 to 2013.

Reconstructive transoral laser microsurgery for posterior glottic web with stenosis.

Objectives/hypothesis: To demonstrate that reconstructive transoral laser microsurgical (R-TLM) techniques can be used for the treatment of symptomatic laryngeal posterior glottic web-based stenosis (PGWS) in a large cohort of patients utilizing a postcricoid mucosal advancement flap (PCMAF).

Study Design: Retrospective cohort review.

Methods: A consecutive series of patients with PGWS who underwent R-TLM using a PCMAF were reviewed for outcomes.

Schizophyllum commune: an emergent or misdiagnosed fungal pathogen in rhinology?

Schizophyllum commune is a common basidiomycete fungus that is rarely involved in human disease. The medical records of patients operated on for fungal rhinosinusitis (FRS) in two University Hospitals between 2012 and 2014 were reviewed. Within the two-year survey, six female, and notably no male, patients were diagnosed with S.

Near-infrared fluorescence imaging-guided surgery improves recurrence-free survival rate in novel orthotopic animal model of head and neck squamous cell carcinoma.

Background: Appropriate animal models are required to test novel therapeutics for head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC) such as near-infrared (NIR) imaging-guided surgery.

Methods: We developed an optimized animal model of orthotopic HNSCC (in female athymic NMRI (Naval Medical Research Institute) nude mice) with a prolonged survival time. Resection of the orthotopic tumors was performed 30 days after implantation with or without the aid of a miniaturized clinical grade NIR optical imaging device, after systemic administration of a fluorescent RGD-based probe that targets αv β3 integrin.

Role of near-infrared fluorescence imaging in head and neck cancer surgery: from animal models to humans.

Complete resection of head and neck cancers with negative surgical margins improves the prognosis of the disease and decreases the recurrence rate. Near-infrared fluorescence-guided surgery of head and neck cancer is a rapidly evolving field that represents an invaluable tool for tumor detection and resection. Here, we present a literature review of the principles of near-infrared fluorescence imaging and its use in head and neck cancer surgery.

Rare case study of a primary carcinoma of the petrous bone and a brief literature review.

Background: Temporal bone carcinoma is an aggressive tumor with multiple unconfirmed risk factors.

Methods And Results: Herein, we present a rare case of a primary petrous bone carcinoma in a female patient (65 years old) with an irrelevant medical history. She presented a postauricular swelling that revealed a multilocular osteolytic cystic lesion of the mastoid portion of the temporal bone on the CT scan.

Lemierre syndrome: study of 11 cases and literature review.

Background: Lemierre syndrome is a rare but serious illness that associates throat infection and thrombosis of the internal jugular vein (IJV) or one of its tributaries with subsequent distant septic emboli. The purpose of our study was to review the pathogenesis, clinical presentation, and treatment of this disease.

Methods: Patients with confirmed Lemierre syndrome were included in our retrospective monocentric study.

Sphenoid sinus fungus ball.

The objective of this retrospective study is to present a large series of patients with sphenoid sinus fungus ball (SSFB) and describe clinical manifestations, diagnostic workup, surgical treatment, and eventual complications of this disease. We included patients operated on for this disease over a 14-year period. All patients benefited from mid-to-long-term follow-up.

Descriptive epidemiology of upper aerodigestive tract cancers in France: incidence over 1980-2005 and projection to 2010.

Over the 1998-2002 period, some French Départements have been shown to have the world's highest incidence of upper aerodigestive tract (UADT) cancers in men. The objectives were to describe the changes in UADT cancer incidence in France over the 1980-2005 period, present projections for 2010, and describe the anatomical and histological characteristics of these tumours. The trend of cancer-incidence over 1980-2005 and projection up to 2010 were obtained using age-period-cohort models (data from eleven cancer registries) and incidence/mortality ratios in the area covered by these registries.

An acute ischemic stroke secondary to sphenoid sinusitis.

Acute isolated sphenoid sinusitis is a relatively uncommon entity. Because its symptoms and clinical findings are nonspecific, it can be easily misdiagnosed. Left unrecognized and untreated, it can lead to several well-known and severe complications, including meningitis, cerebral abscess, cavernous sinus thrombosis, and epidural or subdural empyema.

Right versus left stapes surgery: is there a difference?

Objectives: To search for a statistically significant difference in auditory results between right and left ears after surgery for otosclerosis.

Study Design: Retrospective case-review study.

Setting: Academic tertiary referral center.

Gastro-omental free flap in the reconstruction of the unfavourable hypopharyngeal defects: a functional assessment.

Background: Reconstruction flaps following major head and neck cancer surgery should consider the state of tissue at the recipient site. This study presents the cumulative experience of the use of the gastro-omental free flap (GOFF) for pharyngeal reconstruction in cases with unfavourable recipient site conditions.

Methods: The GOFF reconstruction procedure and postoperative follow-up are described in details, and the functional results are analysed retrospectively.

[Risk factors for cancers of the oral cavity, pharynx (cavity excluded) and larynx].

Objective: To review the risk factors for squamous cell carcinoma of the oral cavity, pharynx, and larynx.

Methods: Review of the literature using the Medline digital database (1980-2007). Previously published studies or studies not found in the database were included if relevant.

Cervical cellulitis and mediastinitis following esophageal perforation: a case report.

Unlabelled: Chicken bone is one of the most frequent foreign bodies (FB) associated with upper esophageal perforation. Upper digestive tract penetrating FB may lead to life threatening complications and requires prompt management. We present the case of a 52-year-old man who sustained an upper esophageal perforation associated with cervical cellulitis and mediastinitis.

The quartile benefit plot: a middle ear surgery benefit assessment scheme.

Objective: The purpose of this study is to present a new method for the assessment of hearing improvement following stapes surgery, taking into account additional, previously omitted evaluation criteria.

Study Design: Retrospective.

Methods: A quartile plot, based on the currently used Glasgow benefit plot, is structured to include two additional criteria of hearing assessment, namely the absence of postoperative sensorineural hearing loss and the closure of the air-bone gap to <10 dB.

Course and prognosis of basaloid squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck: a case-control study of 62 patients.

Objective: To describe the natural history and evaluate the prognosis of basaloid squamous cell carcinoma (BSCC) of the upper aero-digestive tract as compared to the usual squamous cell carcinoma (SCC).

Materials And Methods: Sixty-two patients with BSCC and 62 patients with SCC were matched with regards to TNM classification, localisation and therapeutic modalities. Histological criteria, follow-up and 5-year survival were compared among the two groups.

Osteoplastic maxillotomy approach for infraorbital nerve schwannoma, a case report.

Background: Extracranial schwannomas can readily occur in the head and neck region and rarely involve the trigeminal nerve. As a rule, their treatment is surgical and dictated by the location of the tumor and nerve of origin.

Methods: We describe a case of a 14-year-old boy with a mass invading right nasal fossa, maxillary sinus, orbital floor, pterygopalatine fossa, and infratemporal fossa.