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To describe the diagnosis and treatment of ectopic pyriform sinus parathyroid adenoma.A 44-year-old woman presented with persistent primary hyperparathyroidism after previous failed cervical exploratory surgery.Diagnosis of ectopic pyriform sinus parathyroid adenoma was suggested by computed tomography and technetium-99m sestamibi scintigraphy (99mTc-MIBI SPECT/CT). A submucosal tumor was identified...
The present study describes the clinical, radiological and histological features of laryngeal chondrosarcoma, on the basis of two clinical cases, and discusses management.Two male patients, aged 63 and 51years, presented with low-grade chondrosarcoma revealed respectively by a mass in the lateral neck and by laryngeal dyspnea. CT showed a tumoral process with calcification, developed from the thyroid...
To evaluate the reliability of free-flap head and neck reconstruction in the elderly.All patients who underwent free-flap head and neck reconstruction in our institution between 2000 and 2010 were included in this retrospective study. In all, 418 patients (301 men and 117 women) were enrolled, including 95 patients aged 70 years or older (mean age=60.2±11.6 years). The impact of age on free-flap failure...
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