Medical reports of 1293 patients with squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) of the head and neck were retrospectively evaluated. The patients were classified according to their age, sex, primary tumour localization and tumoral stage. There were 1181 males (91.3 per cent) and 112 females (8.7 per cent), with a male to female ratio of 10.5:1. The peak incidences for all primary tumour localizations were ...

Though lipomas are very common tumors occurring in the head and neck region, there are very few case reports of submucosal lipomas of the upper aerodigestive tract. A case of myxoid lipoma of the supraglottic region is reported.

Recent anatomic findings, technological progress, and both in vitro and in vivo studies of the pressure generated in the cuff of endotracheal tubes and supraglottic airways should lead to modification of the way we control the pediatric upper airway.

Intubating patients with a huge, fixed supraglottic mass causing an obstruction of the glottis is difficult to most anesthesiologists. We attempted awake fiberoptic orotracheal intubation assisted by Glidescope® Videolaryngoscope (GVL) following topical anesthesia with 4% lidocaine spray and remifentanil infusion. The glottis could not be identified by the GVL view. However, by entering toward ...

Basaloid squamous cell carcinoma is a recently recognized, rare and aggressive variant of squamous cell carcinoma with a predilection to occur in base of the tongue, hypopharynx and larynx (especially the supraglottic tract). It is usually diagnosed in advanced stage, frequently with distant metastases, requiring aggressive surgical intervention. The prognosis is remarkably poor even after the ...

Laryngeal schwannoma is a rare benign tumor of the larynx, with a high recurrence rate. The present study reports the case of a 36-year-old male patient with a two-week history of hoarseness. Electronic laryngoscopy revealed that there was a submucosal mass at the level of the right supraglottic area. A computed tomography scan of the larynx showed an 8×11-mm expansile mass in the right supragl...