Introduction: The aim of this study was to compare the functional outcomes of swallowing act detected by videofluoroscopy of two different techniques in the treatment of laryngeal carcinoma.   Materials and Methods: This study was conducted on 41 patients undergoing two supraglottic laryngectomy techniques. The research population was assigned into two groups of open and laser supraglottic lary...

These guidelines are intended to facilitate the dissection and reporting of those tumours of the larynx, hypopharynx, and piriform fossa that may be treated by laryngectomy. The guidelines incorporate the core data for histopathology reports on head and neck carcinomas previously published by the Royal College of Pathologists which indicate the information required, in addition to clinical data...

Laryngeal chondrosarcoma is a rare tumor whose treatment is essentially surgical. The prognosis generally favorable depends mainly on the histological grade. The objective of this report is to describe, from this case, clinical, radiological and histological features of laryngeal chondrosarcoma, and discuss its therapeutic management.

background: focal laryngeal candidiasis is not reported widely and is very infrequently recognized clinically. this disease is rare and may occur after pulmonary, pharyngeal and esophageal candidiasis or as part of disseminated disease. it is also secondary to inhaled steroid therapy which is usually mild and has been reported in 10-15 percent of patients taking these medications.  case present...

introduction: laryngeal cancer is the second most common cancer involving the respiratory tract, second only to lung cancer. previous studies have shown opium dependency to be a possible risk factor for laryngeal cancer. opium consumption is a major problem in some parts of the world. the aim of this study was to investigate the effect of opium consumption on the pattern of involvement in laryn...

BACKGROUND The purpose of this study was to compare surgical outcomes between those patients who underwent open thyroidectomy with and without neck extension. METHODS One hundred eighty patients were randomized into 2 groups, with neck extension (group I) and without neck extension (group II). Outcomes included pain score on postoperative day 0, day 1, and the first clinic visit, operating ti...

A 73-year-old woman was treated 8 years previously for synchronous breast and uterine neoplasms. She presented with a severe sore throat, odynophagia, dysphonia, dyspnoea, ocular irritation and weight loss over the last 3 months. Physical examination revealed ulcerations in the oral cavity, posterior pharyngeal wall and supraglottic larynx, nasal crusting, bilateral conjunctivitis and three cut...

Head and neck tumors comprise a wide spectrum of heterogeneous neoplasms for which biomarkers are needed to aid in earlier diagnosis, risk assessment and therapy response. Personalized medicine based on predictive markers linked to drug response, it is hoped, will lead to improvements in outcomes and avoidance of unnecessary treatment in carcinoma of the head and neck. Because of the heterogene...