BACKGROUND The aim of this study was to evaluate the outcome of patients with Verrucous carcinoma (VC) of oral cavity treated at the Chung Gung Memory Hospital with respect to the tumor control rates after surgery, the risk of lymph node metastasis and the role of radiation therapy. METHODS Thirty-eight patients underwent primary treatment for VC of the oral cavity from January 1996 through F...

Our aim was to define typical magnetic resonance (MRI) findings in malignant and benign parotid tumours. This study is based on retrospective evaluation of pre-surgical MRI of 94 patients with parotid gland tumours. Histology results were available for all tumours. There were 69 cases of benign (73%) and 25 cases of malignant (27%) tumours, including 44 pleomorphic adenomas, 18 Warthin's tumour...

www.aafp.org/afp VOLUME 63, NUMBER 9 / MAY 1, 2001 he used alcohol rarely and did not use illicit drugs. The patient’s family had fled from Laos to the United States in the mid-1970s. The review of systems was remarkable only for fatigue in the previous few weeks. The physical examination revealed right middle ear effusion, right hemifacial and periauricular hyperesthesia, and a trace of mucoid...

common radiologic features of lymphoma in lung are included: adenopathy, pleural effusion, multiple or solitary masses and diffuse infiltration. we want to present a 28y/o male with pulmonary hodgkin lymphoma with a rare radiographic pattern and distinct histologic description that at first misdiagnosed as pulmonary tuberculosis but eventually lung biopsy confirmed diagnosis of pulmonary hodgki...

A 16-year-old girl from an area in Brazil where tuberculosis was endemic was admitted because of recurrent chest pain, progressive dyspnea with exertion, and inability to climb more than 1 flight of stairs. She described fatigue, weight loss, night sweats, and adenopathy of her right axilla and neck during the previous 3 months. On admission she looked distressed, with a heart rate of 76 bpm an...