Use of Helium/Oxygen Mixture in Noninvasive Ventilation During Urgent Tracheotomy for Upper Airway Compression: A Case Report.

Ventilation or oxygenation can be difficult or even impossible in cases of upper airway obstruction. In this case report, we used a helium/oxygen mixture administered via noninvasive positive-pressure ventilation to perform an urgent tracheotomy under local anesthesia on a patient presenting upper airway compression. It improved his comfort and his stridor, facilitating supine positioning.

Effectiveness of regional anaesthesia for treatment of facial and hand wounds by emergency physicians: A 9-month prospective study.

Objective: We compared the effectiveness of nerve blocks (regional anaesthesia, [RA]) versus local anaesthesia (LA) to treat face and hand wounds. Emergency physicians who had not previously used nerve blocks administered the anaesthesia based on anatomic landmarks.

Methods: This prospective observational open study was conducted at a military teaching hospital emergency department (ED) between May 1, 2013 and January 31, 2014.

A case of bilateral megaducts: Diagnostic and treatment methods.

Introduction: The pathology of the saliva glands comprises both tumoral and obstructive disorders. The latter include lithiasis, stenosis and megaduct. In this paper, we describe a clinical case of bilateral megaduct, a rare pathology, using sialo-MRI imaging and a conservative diagnostic-cum-therapeutic technique, sialendoscopy with dilation followed by catheterization.

[About a case of laryngeal location of SAPHO].

Introduction: Synovitis, acne, pustulosis, hyperostosis, osteitis (SAPHO) is a syndrome that combines dermatological, articular and osseous inflammatory manifestations. Bilateral laryngeal immobility relative to cricoarytenoid joint origin is very uncommon. This article presents a case of bilateral cricoarytenoid joint ankylosis in a SAPHO syndrome context.

[Covering of parotid and cervical lymph nodes metastasis of cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma of the head, about 18 cases].

Aim: To describe 18 cases of patients treated for advanced cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma (CSCC) of the head metastasing to cervical lymph nodes and parotid gland. To estimate their survival and the risk factors of metastases.

Patients And Methods: 18 cases of patients affected by CSCC of the head, metastatic to parotid and cervical lymph nodes were afterward analyzed.

[Dynamic palatography: Diagnostic tool for dysfunc­tional swallowing? Feasibility study].

Objective: Dysfunctional swallowing may cause transverse occlusal disorders. The speech re-education of dysfunctional swallowing aims to correct or prevent the recurrence of occlu­sal disorders. The main objective was to test the dynamic palato­graphy as a diagnosis and quantification tool of the dysfunctional swallowing.

[Multiple intracranial epidermoid cysts: Case report].

Epidermoid cyst is a benign and rare tumor, that evolves slowly. We describe the case of a 55 years-old woman, who came to our consultation for atypical trigeminal neuralgia of left V1 and V2 nerves. Brain MRI found two tumors: T1W hypointense with no appreciable enhancement after gadolinium injection and T2W and diffusion hyperintense.

[A post-styloid mass revealing a parapharyngeal schwannoma].

Introduction: The schwannoma of the glossopharyngeal nerve is a rare etiology among the tumor masses developed in the parapharyngeal space.

Case Report: We report the case of a 33 years old woman in whom a large schwannoma of the left glossopharyngeal nerve was discovered incidentally on a brain MRI. Respiratory evolutionary prognosis imposed trans-oral surgical treatment.

[Sarcoidosis of the thyroid: A case report].

Objective: To present a case of thyroid sarcoidosis revealed by a multinodular goiter and cervical and mediastinal adenopathies.

Methods: We summarize the clinical presentation of a thyroid sarcoidosis. A review of literature regarding this topic is also presented.

[Role of positron emission tomography and CT with 18F-FDG PET-CT in follow-up of patients treated for head and neck squamous cell carcinoma].

The authors in this article, made from a review of the scientific literature (PubMed search engine), indicate the current position of positron emission tomography with 18F-fluro-2-deoxy-D-glucose coupled computed tomography (PET-CT) in the early and late post-treatment follow up of squamous cell carcinomas of the upper aerodigestive tract. The aim of this follow up is twofold: Early detection of locoregional progressive evolution or metastatic progression and search for a possible second metachronous cancer in patients at risk.