Temporal bone infection caused by atypical mycobacterium: case report and review of the literature.

Objective: To discuss the clinical aspects and management of nontuberculous mycobacteriosis of the temporal bone.

Study Design: Case report and review of the literature.

Setting: University hospital, tertiary referral center.

The distribution of lymph node metastases in supraglottic squamous cell carcinoma: therapeutic implications.

Background: The treatment of the neck in cancer of the upper aerodigestive tract is still a matter of controversy, even though nowadays there is a trend in the literature toward elective surgery in the N0 neck when the probability of occult lymph node metastasis is greater than 20%. In the elective setup, every effort is made for preservation of uninvolved nonlymphatic structures in positive neck. The aim of this study is to analyze in a large cohort of patients treated for supraglottic carcinoma the prevalence of lymph node metastases and their distribution through various neck levels to redefine our policy of neck treatment.