Pterygoid Muscle Necrosis Caused by Radiation and Intra-Arterial Cisplatin Infusion Chemotherapy (RADPLAT): A Case Report.

Introduction: Radiation and intra-arterial cisplatin infusion chemotherapy (RADPLAT) for advanced maxillary sinus cancer has accumulated evidence as a treatment with fewer complications and better 5-year survival rates. In this study, we report a case in which pterygoid muscle necrosis occurred 6 months following RADPLAT treatment for maxillary sinus cancer.

Case Presentation: The 45-year-old woman had a long history of taking immunosuppressants against rheumatoid arthritis (RA) prior to treatment.

The Usefulness of Total Laryngectomy in Sarcopenic Patients With Hypopharyngeal and Laryngeal Cancer.

Background/aim: Sarcopenia has an adverse effect on postoperative complications and prognoses in head and neck cancer. This study focused on hypopharyngeal and laryngeal cancer patients with sarcopenia and analyzed the body composition following treatment when the larynx was preserved and when total laryngectomy was performed to examine the usefulness of laryngectomy.

Patients And Methods: We retrospectively reviewed 88 primary hypopharyngeal and laryngeal cancer patients aged 65 years or older with cT2N0M0 or higher who visited our department.

Electropolymerization without an electric power supply.

Electrifying synthesis is now a common slogan among synthetic chemists. In addition to the conventional two- or three-electrode systems that use batch-type cells, recent progress in organic electrochemical processes has been significant, including microflow electrochemical reactors, Li-ion battery-like technology, and bipolar electrochemistry. Herein we demonstrate an advanced electrosynthesis method without the application of electric power based on the concept of streaming potential-driven bipolar electrochemistry.

Noxa1 as a moderate activator of Nox2-based NADPH oxidase.

Noxa1 was discovered as an activating factor for Nox1, an O(2)(-)-generating enzyme. Subsequent studies have shown that Noxa1 is colocalized with Nox2 in several cell types, including vascular cells. Nox2 activation by Noxa1 has been examined in reconstituted model cells.