Biomedical subjects
Publications and source records attributed to J Nogués Orpi.
Rhinoliths are foreign bodies of the nose, which may be found during the course of a routine examination or whe the show, if undetected for a long time, symptoms of nasal obstruction, similar to the ones of sinusitis. They require a high level of suspicion to be diagnosed and surgical removal is the treatment of choice. We present the case of a woman diagnosed of rhinolithiasis and we carry out a literature review.
Facial nerve neurinomas are unusual tumors which originate fin the Schwann cells of the nerve sheath. Diagnosis of these tumors has improved in the last years due to radiological and clinical advances. Here presented is a case study of a patient with neurinoma of the primary facial nerve which clinically manifested itself as a recurrent facial paralysis. A high resolution T-C scan was sufficient for tumour identification, treatment consisted in a middle fossa approach and tumour removal followed by hypoglossa-facial anastomosis.
A 43 year-old man with a cystic mass on the side of the neck was admitted to the hospital for possible branchial cyst. The histopathological analysis showed a carcinoma developed on a branchial cyst. After reviewing the literature, we conclude that carcinoma developing on a branchial cyst is uncommon, if, indeed, it exists at all. The diagnostic criteria should be adhered to strictly. When confronted with this histopathologic diagnosis, the possibility of cystic metastasis to the neck of a squamous carcinoma of unknown origin should be considered.