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Enhancing precision in lacrimal sac tumor management through integration of multimodal imaging and intensity modulated proton therapy.
Med Dosim
January 2025
Department of Radiation Oncology, Peking University First Hospital, Beijing, China. Electronic address:
This study presents a patient with a PET-CT detected residual lacrimal sac tumor who was treated with intensity modulated proton therapy (IMPT) and concurrent chemotherapy. The patient a 49-year-old male diagnosed with squamous cell carcinoma of the left lacrimal sac had under-went endoscopic surgery. Postoperative PET-CT implied tumor residual in the left lacrimal sac.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFComplete second branchial cleft fistula in a fifteen-year-old boy: A case report.
Int J Surg Case Rep
January 2025
King Edward Medical University Lahore, Pakistan.
Introduction And Importance: The branchial or pharyngeal apparatus, crucial in embryological development, consists of clefts, arches, pouches, and membranes. Anomalies arising from this apparatus particularly involving the second branchial arch, are rare. Among these anomalies, complete second branchial cleft fistulas, with both external and internal openings, are exceptionally uncommon.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFTwo Head and Neck Cancers in an Adult With Intellectual Disability and Rett Syndrome: A Case Report.
Spec Care Dentist
January 2025
Department of Head & Neck Surgery, Singapore General Hospital, Singapore, Republic of Singapore.
The cases of head and neck cancer among persons with intellectual disability (PWID) are infrequently reported and therefore poorly understood. PWID often face increased barriers of access to healthcare, which can be further compounded when faced with a cancer diagnosis. This report presents the case of a 34-year-old Chinese female patient with Rett syndrome and intellectual disability, presenting with two primary cancers of the tongue and the trachea.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFA 46-Year-Old Man with an Incidental Finding of a Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma in a Thyroglossal Duct Cyst.
Am J Case Rep
December 2024
Department of Otolaryngology, Military Institute of Aviation Medicine, Warsaw, Poland.
BACKGROUND The thyroglossal duct cyst, which develops from the midline migratory tract between the foramen cecum and the anatomic location of the thyroid, is the most prevalent congenital abnormality of the neck, accounting for about 70% of all cervical neck masses in children and 7% in adults. Only up to 1% of these abnormalities contain malignant thyroid tissue, with 90% of those cases being papillary thyroid carcinoma. Thyroglossal duct cyst is rarely linked to carcinoma.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFSurgical Excision and Radiotherapy for Giant Keloids in Auricula: A Case Report.
Int Med Case Rep J
January 2025
Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Faculty of Medicine Universitas Padjadjaran/Dr. Hasan Sadikin General Hospital, Bandung, West Java, Indonesia.
Keloids are characterized by excessive growth of fibrous tissue resulting from abnormal wound-healing processes. They may lead to functional impairments, aesthetic deformities, pruritus, and a decreased quality of life. Various therapies, including intralesional corticosteroid injections, cryotherapy, laser therapy, surgical excision, and radiotherapy, have been used to manage keloids, but the recurrence rates remain high.
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