Abstract Background Caudal tracheal stent migration can be potentially life threatening by causing distal luminal obstruction. We present a rare double hitch stitch procedure (for prevention of stent), which is an external fixation technique in case tracheoesophageal fistula with and esophageal self-expandable metallic (SEMS). Case presentation A 50-year-old male patient who presented cough dys...

BACKGROUND Therapy for head and neck cancers has evolved over the past decade, but few detailed analyses of recent developments in survival on the population level have been published. METHODS We use period analysis and modeled period analysis to disclose recent trends in survival in patients with head and neck cancer. Data are derived from the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results limi...

A 12-year-old male English Pointer was examined due to a soft-tissue swelling at the medial canthus of the right orbital region, which was causing facial deformity. The dog had epiphora, purulent nasal discharge, epistaxis, dyspnea, and progressive weight loss. An intraoral mass was observed near the right maxillary premolars. Neoplastic disease was diagnosed based on ancillary tests, which inc...

Purpose: To determine the effect of intraluminal brachytherapy on stent patency and survival after metallic stent placement in patients with primary bile duct carcinoma. Materials and Methods: Twenty-seven patients with primary bile duct carcinoma underwent metallic stent placement; in 16 of the 27 intraluminal brachytherapy with an iridium-192 source (dose, 25 Gy) was the performed. Obstructio...

UNLABELLED In some patients with well-differentiated thyroid carcinoma, dosimetry is necessary to avoid toxicity from therapy and to guide prescription of the administered activity of radioiodine. METHODS The presentations and courses of 2 patients exemplify the points. In the second patient, the clues to the need for dosimetry were the large size of the tumor and high circulating levels of t...

adenoid cystic carcinomas are deceptive malignancies that show slow growth and local invasion with recurrences seen many years after diagnosis. upto 50% of these tumors occur in the intraoral minor salivary glands usually in the hard palate. buccal mucosal tumors are relatively rare. we determined the incidence of buccal mucosal adenoid cystic carcinoma by reviewing the number of reported cases...

Introduction: The clinical outcome of patients with squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) located in the head and neck has remained poor despite ongoing advances in diagnosis and management. Interleukin-6(IL-6) is a multi-functional cytokine that plays an important role in the process of cell differentiation and is increased in several malignancies. The aim of this study was to investigate the serum le...