Do Calcium Supplements Predispose to Urolithiasis?

Purpose Of Review: The purpose of this study was to investigate the role of calcium supplements, with or without vitamin D, in urinary stone formation in healthy population and in osteoporotic patients as well. Moreover, this review aims to clarify whether or not, and above which dose, they are associated with the risk of lithiasis.

Recent Findings: A research in Medline, Embase, and Scopus databases up to September 2015 was conducted using the following keywords: calcium, supplements, vitamin D, complications, lithiasis, and urinary stone.

Granular cell (Abrikossoff) tumor in the head and neck: A series of 5 cases.

We evaluated a series of 5 patients-3 men and 2 women, aged 39 to 70 years (mean: 54.4)-with a granular cell tumor (GCT) of the head and neck in an effort to better define the clinical presentation, imaging characteristics, and surgical management of this type of tumor. In all cases, the diagnosis was established by pathologic analysis.

Anaplastic carcinoma in submandibular region: A diagnostic dilemma.

Introduction: Thyroid carcinoma arising in an extrathyroid area is a rare entity.

Presentation Of Case: We report a case of anaplastic carcinoma in the submandibular region occurring in a 70-year-old woman.

Discussion: The location of the mass along with no evidence of primary tumor at the orthotopic thyroid gland posed a diagnostic dilemma: was this an ectopic thyroid carcinoma or rather a case of occult differentiated thyroid carcinoma metastasis that transformed to anaplastic carcinoma? Based on the histopathological findings we concluded that the tumor arised in ectopic thyroid tissue.

Intramuscular haemangioma of the levator anguli oris: a rare case.

Intramuscular haemangiomas are benign malformations of blood vessels occurring in skeletal muscles. Because of the rarity of these lesions, their deep location and variable clinical presentation, they often pose diagnostic difficulties. We herein present the first reported case of intramuscular haemangioma occurring in the levator anguli oris muscle.

Idiopathic acquired dacryocystocele treated with endonasal endoscopic dacryocystorhinostomy.

A 64-year-old woman presented with a medial canthal mass in her left eye, which was accompanied only by mild epiphora. There was no history of dacryocystitis, bloody tears, midfacial trauma or surgery. Physical examination showed a non-inflammatory, subcutaneous, immobile mass below the level of the medial canthal tendon.

Intratympanic and systemic steroids for sudden hearing loss.

Objective: To investigate the therapeutic efficacy of intratympanic dexamethasone combined with systemic prednisolone in patients with idiopathic sudden sensorineural hearing loss (ISSNHL).

Study Design: Prospective, quasirandomized, multicenter clinical trial.

Setting: One university hospital and 2 affiliated hospitals.

Huge mastoid congenital cholesteatoma in a 52-year-old patient.

Congenital cholesteatoma may arise in various locations within the temporal bone. The rarest site of origin is the mastoid process. We report an unusual case of a 52-year-old man with mastoid congenital cholesteatoma that manifested as a persistent ear discharge.

Basaloid squamous cell carcinoma of the tonsil.

Basaloid squamous cell carcinoma (BSCC) is a rare and aggressive variant of squamous cell carcinoma that mainly arises in the upper aerodigestive tract. The tonsil is a rare site of BSCC development and only fourteen cases have been reported in the international literature. We report here on the case of a 56-year-old man who presented with mild dysphagia.