This case report is about a 48-year-old female patient with systemic amyloidosis and multiple myeloma simultaneously. Amyloid cutaneous infiltrative lesions like papules, nodules, or plaques with a serous-hemorrhagic aspect were found in the eyelids, neck and retroauricular region, among others. She had presented intermittent papular lesions on the upper eyelids one year before, which worsened ...

Covering denuded areas in the extremes of life is challenging for the plastic surgeon. In newborns, this becomes a greater challenge because of the immaturity of all of their systems, making any injury a potential risk for death. We present in this case report a successful treatment of 2 cases covered with cultured autologous keratinocytes. In this procedure, a small skin biopsy is taken from t...

A 39-year-old woman presented with an itchy rash on her upper and lower eyelids, glabella, ala nasi, and retroauricular areas. Her scalp, hands and periungual regions were clear. The dermatitis had been present for the last 2–3 years since her child was born. There were no associated changes in the use of her personal care products or medication, and no new illness. Patch testing was performed ...

Forty two women with hidradenitis suppurative were assessed clinically and biochemically for evidence of androgen excess. Thirteen had irregular menses; 22 of 36 experienced exacerbation of hidradenitis suppurative premenstrually; 19 had or had had acne vulgaris; and seven were hirsute. Comedones (blackheads) were found in apocrine sites in 37, but also in retroauricular sites in 18 and were co...

BACKGROUND Based on our previous experiences with endoscopic or robotic neck surgery utilizing the retroauricular (RA) or modified facelift (MFL) approach, we realized the value of verifying the feasibility of endoscopic supraomohyoid neck dissection (SOND). Therefore, the purpose of this study was to evaluate the potential role of endoscopic SOND. METHODS Six patients who underwent elective ...

Infective dermatitis is a chronic exudative eczematous eruption presenting in human T-lymphotropic virus type 1 (HTLV-1)-infected people. It presents with relapsing erythematous, scaly, and crusted lesions affecting simultaneously the scalp, external ear, retroauricular area, eyelid, paranasal skin, neck axilla, and groin. Superimposed Staphylococcus and Streptococcus infection are common. It m...

BACKGROUND Cystic hygroma is a rare benign abnormality of the lymphatic system generally occurring in young children less than 2 years old. The standard transcervical surgical treatment of cystic hygroma may often leave a permanent scar in the neck region. CASE PRESENTATION We report a case of cystic hygroma in a 19-month-old Asian baby girl successfully treated with robot-assisted excision t...

The tumor suppressor CYLD is a deubiquitinating enzyme that inhibits activation of the NF-kappaB, which has key roles in inflammation and apoptosis. We hypothesized that CYLD may regulate the NF-kappaB signaling pathway in cholesteatoma. We conducted immunohistochemistry to examine the expression of CYLD and NF-kappaB in 16 cases of cholesteatoma and paired cases of retroauricular (RA) skin. In...

Please cite this article as: León FM, Gómez Quiroz C, Zernotti ME. Encondroma de mastoides secundario a encondromatosis generalizada. Acta Otorrinolaringol Esp. 2014;65:271--272. ∗ Corresponding author. E-mail address: [email protected] (M.E. Zernotti). generalised chondromatosis (Fig. 1). The patient’s right leg had been amputated as an infant. Physical examination revealed deformity of...

OBJECTIVES/HYPOTHESIS To present the surgical technique and feasibility of robot-assisted submandibular gland (SMG) resection via retroauricular approach. STUDY DESIGN Feasibility study of case series. METHODS We performed robot-assisted SMG resection on five patients with benign SMG tumors. The surgical complications, operation time, amount of bleeding, amount and duration of drainage, and...