[Adenoid cystic carcinoma of the lacrimal gland: report of two cases and literature review].

The adenoid cystic carcinoma of the lacrimal gland is a rare malignant orbital tumour, which has a generally poor prognosis. The therapy for adenoid cystic carcinoma of the lacrimal gland remains controversial. We present two cases of patients with adenoid cystic carcinoma of the lacrimal gland, who were treated with radical surgery in combination with radiotherapy.

[Recurrent malignant solitary fibrous tumor of the orbit].

A 53-year-old female patient presented with a palpable mass in the right medial orbit which had been present for 18 months. The left eye had been enucleated in childhood due to a perforating injury. An orbital biopsy performed ex domo showed unspecific inflammatory tissue but no definite diagnosis was made and systemic therapy with corticosteroids was unsuccessful.

Intracellular persisting Staphylococcus aureus is the major pathogen in recurrent tonsillitis.

Background: The two major indications for tonsillectomy are recurrent tonsillitis (RT) and peritonsillar abscess (PTA). Unlike PTAs, which are primarily treated surgically, RT is often cured by tonsillectomy only after a series of failed drug therapy attempts. Although the bacteriological background of RT has been studied, the reason for the lack of success of conservative therapeutic approaches is not well understood.

Array-CGH in unclear syndromic nephropathies identifies a microdeletion in Xq22.3-q23.

To investigate whether submicroscopic chromosomal deletions or duplications can be causative of unclear syndromic nephropathies, we analyzed ten patients with congenital abnormalities of the kidney and urinary tract or glomerulopathies combined with important extrarenal anomalies by whole-genome array-based comparative genomic hybridization. In a 14-year-old girl presenting with hematuria, proteinuria, mental retardation (MR), sensorineural hearing loss, dysmorphisms, and epilepsy, we detected a microdeletion in chromosome Xq22.3-q23.

[Recurrent tonsillopharyngitis associated with Burkholderia cenocepacia : two case reports].

The Burkholderia cepacia complex comprises bacteria typically responsible for respiratory infections in immunocompromised and cystic fibrosis patients. However, these bacteria are rarely associated with infections in immunocompetent patients. In the presented case reports of two nonhospitalized immunocompetent female patients who underwent tonsillectomy as the ultimate therapy for recurrent tonsillopharyngitis, Burkholderia cenocepacia were demonstrated in the surgically removed tonsils.