Publications by authors named "Guido Bongioannini"
Objective: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effect of tobacco use on the Eustachian tube and inner ear function.
Study Design: Case-control study.
Subjects And Settings: Thirty-one nonsmoking volunteers and 34 smoking subjects recruited in an University Hospital, submitted to an audiological evaluation including pure tone audiometry, basal tympanogram, stapedial reflexes analysis, and nine-step eustachian tube (ET) function test.
We present a case of a woman who developed an oral squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) after being treated for a recurrent ovarian carcinoma with subtotal gastric resection and adjuvant pegylated liposomal doxorubicin (PLD). She received six cycles of PLD induction and maintenance therapy, which was continued for 5 years. She was free from disease at the following visits but 3 years later she developed SCC of her left inferior edentulous gums.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Laryngeal carcinosarcomas pose a significant diagnostic challenge to the pathologist; differential diagnosis needs histochemical and immunohistochemical investigations.
Materials And Methods: A retrospective review of charts of the pathology database was performed by a search for carcinosarcoma cases. Immunohistochemistry was performed on the representative paraffin blocks in all cases.
Background: The orbit represents a rare site of presentation of non-Hodgkin lymphoma. The diagnosis and management of orbital lymphomas may be challenging because these neoplasms present few specific features.
Methods: A 69-year-old woman presented with painless swelling of the left lower eyelid of 5 years' duration.
Background: The purpose of this prospective study was to analyze the human papillomavirus (HPV) infection status and its impact on the outcome in a consecutive series of patients affected by oropharyngeal cancer.
Methods: The specimens of consecutive subjects surgically treated for oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma were obtained. Samples were collected by broom-type cell sampling devices and they underwent the Roche Linear Array HPV Genotyping Test to identify the presence of HPV types.
Objective: To compare virtual endoscopy (VE) with flexible endoscopy in patients with cancer of the larynx.
Study Design And Settings: This prospective study includes 24 patients with proven cancer of the larynx. Patients underwent spiral CT according to our standard protocol for upper airway imaging.
Aim And Background: To evaluate feasibility of neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NA-CT) followed by CT + radiotherapy (RT) in locally advanced or unresectable head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC).
Methods: 22 HNSCC patients were enrolled (18 males, 4 females; median age, 59.5 years; median ECOG PS, 1).