OBJECTIVE To assess optimal surgical treatment with excision or curettage techniques in children with cervicofacial nontuberculous mycobacterial (NTM) adenitis. DESIGN Retrospective case series. SETTING Tertiary university-based pediatric referral center. PATIENTS Patients younger than 18 years diagnosed as having cervicofacial NTM adenitis by positive mycobacterial cultures or stains, or...

INTRODUCTION Haemangiomas in children usually involute spontaneously and surgical treatment is exceptional. Vascular malformations do not regress spontaneously and resection may become necessary. We present a series of surgically treated face and neck vascular anomalies during a 9-year period, assessing the epidemiology, presenting signs and symptoms, diagnostic modalities, indications for surg...

OBJECTIVES/HYPOTHESIS To evaluate the efficacy of antibiotic treatment of nontuberculous mycobacterial (NTM) cervicofacial lymphadenitis, both as an alternative and as adjuvant to surgical excision. STUDY DESIGN Retrospective chart review of pediatric patients with NTM cervicofacial lymphadenitis treated from January 1993 to November 2003 at an academic tertiary care children's hospital. ME...

Actinomycosis is a rare chronic granulomatous infection caused by Gram-positive, non-acid-fast, anaerobic to microaerophilic bacteria.We report a case of cervicofacial actinomycosis in an 86-year-old woman undergoing immunosuppressive therapy with azathioprine and prednisone for rheumatoid arthritis. She underwent a dental treatment several months earlier. The diagnosis of culture-negative acti...

Actinomycosis is a chronic, suppurative, and granulomatous process caused by Actinomycetes, saprophytic bacteria normally residing in the oral cavity. It can involve any organ, but the cervicofacial disease is the most frequent. Pharyngolayngeal involvement is rare and usually occurs secondary to the oral or cervical disease. There are few cases of primary pharyngolaringeal actinomycosis descri...

BACKGROUND The conventional cervicofacial flap may cause the aesthetic problem of sideburns with a mismatched shape and arrangement. We developed a modified method with the goals of minimizing the destruction of the shape and arrangement of the sideburns and minimizing complications in comparison with the conventional method. METHODS The incision line was designed to descend just in front of ...

Subcutaneous emphysema is usually the result of trauma or surgery. We report an unusual case of a disturbed adolescent who presented with cervicofacial emphysema as a result of self abuse.