A rare case of benign teratoma of the facial fronto-temporal region in adult male.

Unlabelled: Teratoma is a germ cell neoplasm composed of tissue derived from at least two of three blastodermic embryonic layers (ectoderm, mesoderm and endoderm). The incidence of teratoma in the head and neck region is rare, in particularly in adults.

A Case Report: We reported an uncommon case of teratoma in a 30 years male with a mass in the right fronto-temporal region of the face.

Tuberculosis of the head and neck - epidemiological and clinical presentation.

Introduction: The aim of our retrospective study was to review the clinical and epidemiological presentation of head and neck tuberculosis.

Material And Methods: We analyzed the history of 73 patients with head and neck tuberculosis hospitalized in the Department of Otolaryngology, Medical University of Warsaw, between 1983 and 2009.

Results: We found that 26 (35.

Influence of cigarette smoking on endoscopic sinus surgery long-term outcomes.

Objective: The purpose of this study was to explore the influence of smoking on long-term outcomes of endoscopic sinus surgery for chronic rhinosinusitis.

Methods: The study prospectively enrolled 274 patients at the Department of Otolaryngology of the Warsaw Medical University from 1993 to 2000. All patients were diagnosed with chronic rhinosinusitis and scheduled for the endoscopic sinus surgery.

Sphenoid sinus mucocele penetrating to the orbit, anterior and middle cranial fossae and parapharyngeal space: a case report.

Mucocele, though is a common lesion, rarely penetrates to the surrounding intra- and extracranial spaces. We describe the case of 45-year-old male with 2 years history of a chronic left nasal obstruction and a concentric visual field deficit in the left eye as the only manifestations. Diagnostic CT and MRI imaging revealed a mucocele originating from the posterior ethmoid and sphenoid sinuses and penetrating intracranially to the anterior and middle cranial fossae and extracranially to the pterygopalatine fossa and the parapharyngeal space.