Malignant Abrikossoff's Tumour of the Tonsil - A Case Report of a Rare Entity.

Rationale: This study aimed to report an uncommon site of origin of a rare head-and-neck cancer, namely malignant granular cell tumour.

Patient Concerns: An 89-year-old female patient complained of persistent pharyngodynia and odynophagia for two months.

Diagnosis: Upon clinical examination, the right palatine tonsil was larger and palpably firmer than the contralateral.

Early experience in tracheostomy and tracheostomy tube management in Covid-19 patients.

In Italy, we have experienced Europe's first and largest coronavirus outbreak. Based on our preliminary experience, we discuss the challenges in performing tracheotomy and tracheostoma care in the setting of a new pathogen.

Anatomy theaters in the history and teaching of surgery.

The study of anatomy has played a large part in the progress of scientific observation throughout the centuries and was pivotal in elevating anatomy from the magical thinking of the Hippocrates era and freeing it from subservience to medicine which was all-powerful in the past. Anatomy theaters appeared in Northern Italy in the 14th century and developed in Western Europe from the early 16th century to the beginning of the 19th century. Anatomy theaters lived their golden age in France during the 18th century when the Royal Academy of Surgery (Académieroyaledechirurgie) was created in 1743.