Surgical anatomy of the lingual lymph nodes: systematic literature analysis and proposition for topographic classification.

Purpose: Metastatic involvement of the lingual lymph nodes (LLNs) in oral cavity squamous cell cancer (SCC) has recently been proven to significantly reduce locoregional control and survival. Despite recent refinements in the detection of these lesions, the understanding of the LLN topographic anatomy among clinicians is limited. A proposition of a topographic division on LLN based on a comprehensive literature search and synthesis may be helpful in this condition.

Accurate reconstruction of bone defects in orbital-maxillary-zygomatic (OMZ) complex with polyetheretherketone (PEEK).

Purpose: The aim of this study was to evaluate the safety and efficacy of using patient-specific polyetheretherketone (PEEK) for the reconstruction of patients with defects in orbital-maxillary-zygomatic (OMZ) complex.

Patients And Methods: This study included 12 patients who underwent primary/delayed reconstruction of defects in OMZ complex by using patient-specific PEEK implants. Postoperative appearance (facial and orbital symmetry) and function were assessed after 6 months.

Lingual lymph nodes: Anatomy, clinical considerations, and oncological significance.

Lingual lymph nodes are an inconstant group of in-transit nodes, which are located on the route of lymph drainage from the tongue mucosa to the regional nodes in neck levels I and II. There is growing academic data on the metastatic spread of oral cancer, particularly regarding the spreading of oral tongue squamous cell carcinoma to lingual nodes. These nodes are not currently included in diagnostic and treatment protocols for oral tongue cancer.

Contrast-enhanced ultrasound for diagnosis of an enlarged cervical lymph node in a patient with oropharyngeal cancer: a case report.

In oral and oropharyngeal cancer, the presence of regional neck metastasis strongly influences treatment planning and survival prognosis. A number of imaging techniques can be utilized in the clinic for diagnosis and staging. A patient with oropharyngeal cancer was staged T2 cN1 after clinical examination, computed tomography, and F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography with computed tomography.

Contrast-enhanced ultrasound mapping of sentinel lymph nodes in oral tongue cancer-a pilot study.

Objectives: To assess the usefulness of contrast-enhanced ultrasound (CEUS) with peritumoral injection of microbubble contrast agent for detecting the sentinel lymph nodes for oral tongue carcinoma.

Methods: The study was carried out on 12 patients with T1-2cN0 oral tongue cancer. A radical resection of the primary disease was planned; a modified radical supraomohyoid neck dissection was reserved for patients with larger lesions (T2, n = 8).

Which Patients With Ossifying Fibroma of the Jaws Would Be Suitable for Radical Ablative Surgery?

Objective: The aim of authors' study was to present their 10-year experience in the treatment of giant ossifying fibroma (GOF), and to prove if GOF can be totally excised preventing recurrence. The authors' secondary goal was to study the aesthetic and functional outcomes after radical resection of GOF followed by immediate reconstruction.

Methods: Eighteen patients who underwent radical ablative surgery of GOF of the jaw followed by immediate reconstruction with vascularized fibula flap or ilium flap between May 2003 and May 2013 were taken.

Anatomic-histologic study of the floor of the mouth: the lingual lymph nodes.

Objective: The lingual lymph nodes are inconstant nodes located within the fascial/intermuscular spaces of the floor of the mouth. Oral tongue squamous cell carcinoma has been reported to recur and metastasize in lingual lymph nodes with poor prognosis. Lingual lymph nodes are not currently included in basic tongue squamous cell carcinoma surgery.