Bilateral myoepithelioma of the nasopharynx: a case report.

Myoepithelioma is a rare salivary tumour which is usually encountered in the parotid gland. Outside the parotid, myoepithelioma may arise from minor salivary glands of the hard palate and less frequently in bronchi or breast. In this report we describe the unique case of a metachronous bilateral nasopharyngeal myoepithelioma arising from the tubaric regions.

[Positron emission tomography (PET) with 18-fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) in the diagnosis and preoperative staging of head and neck tumors: a prospective study].

To evaluate the effectiveness of PET with FDG in the preoperative identification of loco-regional lymph node metastases in patients with head and neck tumors a total of 24 consecutive patients coming to the E.N.T.

Microsurgery in juvenile nasopharyngeal angiofibroma: a lateronasal approach with nasomaxillary pedicled flap.

Thirty-four consecutive juvenile nasopharyngeal angiofibromas, mainly stage II or III, were removed using a transnasomaxillary approach with good tumor control and without complications or sequelae. A pedicled nasomaxillary osteomucocutaneous flap is lifted through a lateronasal skin incision, and reflected laterally to open the nasal fossa and the maxillary sinus. This approach is an improvement on the conventional approach of lateral rhinotomy, which entails nasomaxillary skeletal loss.

[Surgery of the base of the skull].

This is a review of the current status of the surgery of the skull base with special reference to the otolaryngological districts. The main topics are as follow: classification of pathology review of the clinical and surgical anatomy clinical and neuroradiological diagnosis surgical management of the pathology in the occipito-temporal area and in the rhinobase principles of management and operative approaches to the skull base in Neurosurgery principles of management and operative approaches to the skull base in Maxillo-Facial Surgery.

Vidian nerve surgery revisited.

With microsurgical dissection of 30 nasosinusal blocks, the author has followed the steps of various techniques that have been proposed for vidian neurectomy. The anatomical information obtained leads to the conclusion that each of these techniques has shortcomings if the surgical steps are respected.