Clinical Outcome of a Wide-diameter Bone-anchored Hearing Implant and a Surgical Technique With Tissue Preservation.

Objective: To investigate the clinical outcome of a surgical technique with tissue preservation for a wide bone-anchored hearing implant concerning postoperative complications, skin reactions, implant loss, and implant stability.

Study Design: Consecutive, prospective case series.

Setting: Tertiary referral center.

[Merkel cell carcinoma is a rare, aggressive neuroendocrine skin cancer].

Merkel cell carcinoma (MCC) is a rare, aggressive skin cancer with a poor survival rate. The low incidence and lack of characteristic manifestation of MCC often cause an incorrect diagnosis. A 92-year-old male presented with an asymptomatic, smooth lesion on the right cheek, which was initially diagnosed as a basal cell carcinoma.

[Inverted papilloma of the middle ear can cause pain, intermittent facial palsy and hearing loss].

Inverted papilloma of the middle ear is extremely rare and so far only 25 cases have been published in medical literature. It is a benign, rapidly growing tumour with higher incidence of malignancy and recurrence compared with sinonasal papillomas. The aetiology remains unknown.

[Migrating foreign body from hypopharynx].

In this case report we present a 20-month-old girl with a migrating foreign body, a "smiley" sticker, that migrated from hypopharynx to surrounding tissue and created an abscess with a fistula, one year after ingestion. The foreign body was removed without difficulty under general anaesthesia, and the patient was discharged after few days with peroral antibiotics.