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C Crespo Marco

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PubMed1995

[Glottic liposarcoma: a first case in the national literature].

Liposarcoma is a tumour of mesenchymal origin. Only between 3-8 percent of the total amount of cases are localized in the head and neck. Laryngeal sitting is an extremely rare occurrence. The AA. inform about the case princeps published in the national literature. It deals with an 83-years-old woman presenting a polypoid tumor on the left vocal cord. The diagnosis could be confirmed through immunochemistry which verified the positivity of the proliferative cellularity for vimentine and protein S-100, immunophenotype consistent with liposarcoma. 36 months later the patient, alive, remains tumor-free.

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PubMed1994

[Zenker's diverticulum. Four cases].

The pharyngoesophageal diverticulum (Zenker's diverticulum) is a pathology not often found, but it is responsive of dysphagia and other unpleasant ailments experienced for the patients, who generally must be submitted to surgery. The AA. describe the surgical procedure followed at their ENT-Department at Hospital General de Alicante and also some clinic-pathological features verified. Review about the literature on the subject. The conclusion drawn out remark the feasibility and the effectiveness of this method of diverticulectomy associated to the cricopharyngeal myotomy. The dissection is easied introducing strips of gauze into the diverticular sack and retaining the oesophagoscope inside the organ during the procedure.

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[Our experience with caustic substance ingestion in children].

We discuss the protocol followed in our Service for the diagnose, treatment and follow-up of patients younger than seven years old, diagnosed as "caustic substance ingestion". We report on 157 cases seen from 1987 to 1991, from which 14 showed severe oesophageal burnings which required further oesophageal dilatation with general or local anesthesia. The usefulness of pH-metry in this patients is also analyzed. The relatively mild degree of abrasiveness produced by bleach is also described, despite being the most frequent caustic agent in our group of patients. The usefulness of the different techniques applied for the treatment and follow-up of this patients is also discussed.

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