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The use of myocutaneous flaps has revolutionized reconstructive surgery following tumor resections in the head and neck area. The platysma myocutaneous flap described almost a century ago has not received much attention, although it has been reported to be a satisfactory technique. Its successful use in 2 patients with squamous cell carcinoma of the tongue, a man of 61 and a woman of 77, is presented.
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The advantage of Foley catheter stenting for choanal atresia are that: 1. It is well tolerated by the patient. 2. It is simple to introduce, fix and remove. 3. It minimizes septal or columellar necrosis. 4. It minimizes nasal cavity and paranasal sinus infection. 5. It is adjustable in that pressure on the choanal walls can be controlled by inflation or deflation of the balloon as necessary. 6. It is easy to fix in cases of unilateral atresia. To date the use of this method has been uniformly satisfactory, without complications.
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Seventy-nine children have been followed with persistent middle ear effusion (MEE). They were scheduled for myringotomy and insertion of ventilating tubes (VT). Several factors delayed elective surgery for two-and-a-half years in a closed population. After that period, the children were again examined otomicroscopically and hearing tests were performed. MEE persisted in 69 per cent of the ears, but was absent in 31 per cent. Atelectasis appeared in 26 per cent of the ears; in only a very few cases did severe atelectasis develop. Complications following delay of myringotomy and introduction of VT are minor.
Presented here is a case of chronic persistent cough, in a patient in whom squamous papilloma of the base of tongue was found. The cough disappeared completely after removal of the tumour.
Primary benign vascular tumors of lymph nodes are very rare. Various forms of lymph nodal vascular transformations defined as hemangiomatoid lesions, pannodal vasodilatation, or nodal angiomatosis have been described. We present a patient who was thought to have an epithelial salivary gland tumor, but instead was found to have an hemangioendothelioma of an adjacent enlarged lymph node in the region of the left submandibular gland.
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Otologic procedures have been described as etiologic factors in the development of epidermal cysts in the middle ear as well as in the tympanic membrane. We recently treated two cases of large epidermal cysts of the temporal fossa with extension to the infratemporal space; both cases had histories of ear surgery on the same side as the cysts and therefore the cysts are presumed to have originated from implanted epidermal elements at the time of surgery.
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