Interest in frozen section examination of margins and lymph nodes in laryngeal surgery.

One hundred and one patients presenting with a squamous cell carcinoma of the larynx underwent surgery in our department between January 1980 and May 1985. In most of these patients, nodes were removed from the main lymphatic drainage pathways and subjected to immediate frozen section examination. The results from frozen section examination of the nodes were then compared with those from the surgical specimens of cervical neck dissections performed on the patients according to the classic rules.

Surgical management of parapharyngeal cystic hygroma causing sudden airway obstruction.

Parapharyngeal cystic hygroma is a rare tumor of the neck. This report describes two cases in which surgical resection was necessary to overcome sudden airway obstruction and details the surgical technique. These cases were considered "near misses" for sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) and were revealed by computed tomography (CT) and echography to be parapharyngeal cystic hygroma.

[Mannequin syndrome].

Describe since the beginning of the fifties, the mannequin syndrome consists of anorexia, amenorrhea and swelling of the parotid glands. This variety of symptoms is usually found in young female patients who want to remain thin. In fact, this syndrome has been several times diagnosed in fashion models or airhostesses;hence the term "mannequin syndrome".