Video fluoroscopic evaluation after glossectomy.

Background: The swallowing deficits that result from oral or oropharyngeal resections vary considerably depending on the site, extension of the resection, and type of reconstruction. Most patients will experience some degree of dysphagia despite the reconstructive effort. Furthermore, a glossectomy is frequently associated with voice and speech difficulties.

Follow-up in lung cancer: how often and for what purpose?

Objectives: The present study evaluates the cost-effectiveness of two follow-up routines: a strict follow-up with frequent visits, imaging, and laboratory examinations was compared to a follow-up with infrequent visits that were scheduled mainly on the basis of the patient's symptoms.

Methods: A retrospective evaluation was undertaken of 130 patients who underwent a complete resection of non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). All patients had complete follow-up for at least 2 years after their operation.

Solitary plasmocytoma of bone in an adolescent.

Purpose: To describe an adolescent with solitary plasmocytoma of bone and compare the pathologic and radiographic findings with osteomyelitis.

Patient And Methods: A 17-year-old girl had a 3-year history of swelling of the right tibia, local pain, and hyperemia.

Results: Initial biopsy was interpreted as osteomyelitis.

Nodal metastases: predictive factors.

Squamous cell carcinoma of the upper respiratory and digestive tract has a high risk for neck metastasis, which reduces the probability of regional control and survival. We analyzed the literature and our own experience to review the possible risk factors for the occurrence of metastasis. The most significant risk factors were: tumor site and size, grade of histologic differentiation, tumor thickness (tongue and floor of mouth carcinoma), vascular embolization, and perineural infiltration.

Abdominal recurrence of osteogenic sarcoma: a case report.

Purpose: Nonpulmonary metastases from osteogenic sarcoma are rare. A patient had a localized osteogenic sarcoma of the left femur which recurred in the abdomen, a previously unreported metastatic site.

Patient And Methods: An 18-year-old boy was treated for osteosarcoma.