During the routine dissection of the head and neck, a variation in the termination of the common facial vein was noticed in two (a male aged 93 years and a female aged 53 years) South Indian cadavers. In the male, an accessory muscle, the subclavius posticus was also observed in the left posterior triangle. The muscle was attached posteriorly to the superior angle and the adjoining part of the ...

K a Kashmiri nor, 17 years of age, was admitted (o Ivishtwar Hospital with an itching and burning lesion of the skin in the lower part of the right posterior triangle of the neck. He had been lately engaged in handling wool which is found in every home in this part of the world. It first appeared as a small, raised pimple three days prior to admission, and the patient ascribed it to some insect...

We report the case of a 66-year-old man with a cervical neck mass located behind the left sternocleidomastoid muscle. To exclude malignancy, a full workup, including clinical, radiological, and cytological examination, was performed but failed to provide a definitive diagnosis. Histological analysis following excisional biopsy revealed a benign epithelial cyst, consistent with an atypically loc...

Lymphangioma is a benign infiltrative malformation of the lymphatic channels. Cystic lymphangioma or cystic hygroma is a subtype of lymphangioma which exhibits large macroscopic cystic space histologically. The cause of cystic hygroma is believed to be developmental defect or primary Multilocular cystic malformation of dilated lymphatic channels. Cystic hygroma is a common and distinct entity t...

PURPOSE To evaluate retrospectively the prognostic significance of lymph node parameters assessed on pretreatment magnetic resonance (MR) images for development of distant metastases in patients with head and neck squamous cell carcinomas. MATERIALS AND METHODS Pretreatment MR images of 311 patients were retrospectively reviewed for the presence of lymph nodes at specific neck node levels as ...

Transplantation-associated bone loss is a well-known phenomenon, however, effects of hematopoietic stem cell transplantation are insufficiently characterized. We conducted a prospective, unicentric, long-term follow-up in 280 patients undergoing allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT). Bone mineral density (BMD) was measured before transplantation and then yearly for at least ...

Transplantation-associated bone loss is a well-known phenomenon, however, effects of hematopoietic stem cell transplantation are insufficiently characterized. We conducted a prospective, unicentric, longterm follow-up in 280 patients undergoing allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT). Bone mineral density (BMD) was measured before transplantation and then yearly for at least 4...

OBJECTIVES To evaluate the effect of weight percentile on deep neck infections in children. METHODS A retrospective evaluation of 79 patients who were treated for deep neck infections. The patients were divided into six groups according to weight percentile. Patients who had systemic and/or congenital disease were excluded. Their demographics, etiology, localization, laboratory, and treatment...