Cryptococcal tongue lesion in a stem cell transplant patient: first reported case [0.03%]
造血干细胞移植患者的隐球菌舌部病变：首例报道
David R Reinstadler,Sanjeet Dadwal,Ellie Maghami
David R Reinstadler
A compromised immune system places individuals at a significantly higher risk for many infectious processes. Immunosuppression also increases the risk of malignancy due to the body's decreased ability to perform its normal immunosurveilance...
Descending necrotising mediastinitis: a case report illustrating a trend in conservative management [0.03%]
降主动脉壁内血肿三例临床分析及文献回顾
B A P Jayasekera,O T Dale,R C Corbridge
B A P Jayasekera
The mortality rate from descending necrotising mediastinitis (DNM) has declined since its first description in 1938. The decline in mortality has been attributed to earlier diagnosis by way of contrast-enhanced computed tomographic (CT) sca...
Vikrant Veer,Albert Lim,Wolfgang Issing
Vikrant Veer
Case. 38-year-old lady was referred to the ENT clinic with history of right-sided facial pain, otalgia, and odynophagia. Clinical examination revealed enlarged right-sided lymph nodes in the neck. Further radiological scans showed a mass ne...
Pleomorphic adenoma of the cervical heterotopic salivary gland: a case report [0.03%]
异位颈涎腺多形性腺瘤一例报告
Saman Vegari,Masoud Naderpour,Alireza Hemmati et al.
Saman Vegari et al.
Introduction. Although pleomorphic adenoma is the most common neoplasm of the salivary glands, this tumor most commonly involves the minor salivary glands of palatal and rarely occurs in cervical region. Case Report. A 21-year-old female re...
Metallic stents for proximal tracheal stenosis: is it worth the risk? [0.03%]
近端气管狭窄的金属支架植入术值得冒险一试吗？
Sandeep Bansal,Shruti Dhingra,Babita Ghai et al.
Sandeep Bansal et al.
Objective. To demonstrate the risk associated with blocked proximal tracheal stents when a patient presents with acute respiratory distress, with blockage of stent and what is the best management we can offer without damage to the stent and...
Ryan L Kau,Alpen B Patel,Michael L Hinni
Ryan L Kau
Benign tumors of the esophagus are uncommon, representing
Thoracic Saccular Aortic Aneurysm Presenting with Recurrent Laryngeal Nerve Palsy prior to Aneurysm Rupture: A Prodrome of Thoracic Aneurysm Rupture? [0.03%]
主动脉壁间囊肿合并喉返神经麻痹的胸主动脉瘤患者的术前评估及手术治疗：个例报道及文献回顾
Masafumi Ohki
Masafumi Ohki
Left recurrent laryngeal nerve palsy rarely results from cardiac disease. We present 2 cases of left recurrent laryngeal nerve palsy caused by thoracic saccular aortic aneurysms. One patient suffered an aortic aneurysm rupture one month aft...
Daisuke Kamide,Takeshi Matsunobu,Akihiro Shiotani
Daisuke Kamide
Middle ear barotrauma is one of the common complications of SCUBA diving representing acute otalgia, hearing loss, and bleeding. But occurrence of facial palsy is rare. Here we report a case of a 30-year-old navy diver suffered middle ear b...
Symptomatic squamous papilloma of the uvula: report of a case and review of the literature [0.03%]
咽垂乳头状瘤一例及文献复习
Lindsay A Goodstein,Andleeb Khan,Joel Pinczewski et al.
Lindsay A Goodstein et al.
Background. Oral squamous papillomas are benign pedunculated masses that grow most commonly on the palate. These benign lesions rarely cause symptoms. Methods. Here we present the case of a large, elongated squamous papilloma of the uvula c...
Small cell carcinoma of the larynx treated by concurrent chemoradiotherapy: a case report [0.03%]
同步放化疗治疗喉小细胞癌1例报告
Susumu Nakahara,Norihiko Takemoto,Hidenori Inohara
Susumu Nakahara
Small cell carcinoma (SmCC) generally occurs in the lung and extrapulmonary SmCC is a relatively rare entity. Here, we present a case of a 42-year-old male with SmCC of the larynx diagnosed as cT3N0M0. Concurrent chemoradiotherapy using cis...