[Necrotizing fasciitis of the posterior neck. A rare clinical form of head and neck cellulitis: a case report from Togo].

We report the case of a 75-year-old diabetic patient who presented with posterior cervical necrotizing fasciitis complicating cellulitis. Medical management in intensive care and surgical drainage were undertaken; sequential excision of the necrotic tissue left a large loss of substance of the nuchal region for which we opted for directed healing in the first instance. The definitive coverage of this loss of substance by locoregional rotation flap or by thin skin grafting was discussed.

Late Diagnosis of Bilateral Choanal Atresia: A Case Report of a Nine-Year-Old Girl.

Bilateral choanal atresia is a surgical emergency because of the risk of neonate death from acute asphyxia if treatment is delayed. Its diagnostic confirmation is often endoscopic or CT scan and requires a search for associated malformations. We present the case of a nine-year-old girl who was referred to the ENT department with suspected adenoid pathology.

Cervical lymphadenopathy of Togolese children in a tropical context: clinicopathological study.

Our study describes the epidemiology and aetiology of cervical lymphadenopathy in children diagnosed between 2003 and 2017 at the pathology laboratory of Lomé, Togo. A total of 221 cases were collected. The average age of diagnosis of the study population was 9.

[Primitive oto-rhino-laryngology and cervico-maxillofacial tumors: epidemiological and histological aspects].

Introduction: Establish the panorama of primitive oto-rhino-laryngology and cervico-maxillofacial tumors diagnosed at a reference center in Togo.

Methods: We conducted a retrospective, descriptive study of cancers diagnosed at the ORL and cervico-maxillofacial surgery department of the CHU Sylvanus Olympio of Lomé. It was conducted over a period of 10 years (1 January 2005 - 31 December 2014).

Descriptive Epidemiology of Thyroid Cancers in Togo.

Background: The purpose of this study was to provide epidemiological and histological data of thyroid cancers in Togo.

Materials And Methods: This was a retrospective cross-sectional study of cases of thyroid cancers diagnosed from 2000 to 2014 (15 years) at the pathology laboratory of the Sylvanus Olympio Teaching Hospital of Lome. All cases of review of a thyroid sample (biopsies, surgical specimens) were collected from the data records of that laboratory.

Congenital giant epulis obstructing oral cavity: newborn emergency.

The congenital epulis is a benign congenital granular cell tumor arising most often of the alveolar ridge of the jawbone. When giant, it is source of digestive discomfort disabling feeding. We report the case of a newborn female, vaginal delivery, presented with a giant intraoral tumor.