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P Marsella

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PubMed1989

Cervical chordoma in childhood: clinical statistical contribution.

Parapharyngeal neoplasias are rarely noticed in childhood, since they have their peak incidence between the 2nd and 4th decade of life. The authors report a case of a 4-year-old patient presenting with a retrostyloid mass, accompanied by nasal obstruction and some difficulty in swallowing at 12 months of age. CT scanning well ascertained the delimitation of the tumor, but it was of no help in the differential diagnosis. In fact, after surgical excision, the histological examination of the specimen revealed a chordoma. This result was unexpected because of the region concerned and the lack of a CT demonstration of the cervical boney involvement. A cervical vertebral localization of a chordoma is rare in all age groups and it is of particular clinical and statistical interest in infancy.

Child, Preschool↗
PubMed1988

The pathogenesis of chronic recurrent parotitis in infants: a study of 93 cases including an analysis of the vascular and glandular changes before and after parasympathectomy.

Ninety-three cases of infantile chronic recurrent parotitis are recorded. Fifty-three cases were treated with parasympathectomy which was carried out at 2 levels. Good results were achieved in 79.1% of patients. The paper describes the use of the Doppler examination to study the effects of operation on the physiology of the parotid.

Child↗
PubMed1988

Unilateral sensorineural hearing loss in children.

The authors present a report of 280 cases of unilateral sensorineural hearing loss (U.H.L.) in children, observed from 1979 to 1986 in the Bambino Gesu' Hospital in Rome. Only 23.2% of these hearing impairments were due to a known etiology (mainly mumps infection). In the majority of the cases (79.3%) the hearing loss was profound. The authors discuss the methods for the etiological diagnosis and the possibility of prophylaxis both of U.H.L. and of communication difficulties.

Child↗
PubMed1985

Dysontogenetic neoplasms of the thyroid gland in infancy: two case reports.

Two rare cases of benign dysontogenetic neoplasms of the thyroid gland in pediatric age are presented, which were observed at the E.N.T. department of the Bambino Gesù Hospital of Rome, and successfully operated. The first case turned out to be a dysembryoma, classified as monodermic because of its origin from derivatives of only one germinal layer, the entoderm. The second case, a teratoma, presented a high seric concentration of AFP as the consequence of the synthetic activity of the share of embryonal epatic tissue present in the neoformation. Criteria to distinguish thyroid from cervical teratomata and to classify the different types of dysontogenetic neoplasms are discussed. The usual clinical and pathological manifestations of teratomas of the neck in infancy are mentioned. The necessity of a prompt surgical removal and of pre- and postoperative thyroid function studies is mentioned.

Child↗
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[Monostotic fibrous dysplasia of the temporal bone: description of a case and review of the literature].

Only a few cases of fibrous dysplasia of the temporal bone (monostotic form) have been described in the literature. The recent observation of a 15-year-old child presenting this pathology led the authors to review the literature available and to analyze the most common aspects of this disease. The clinical and radiological aspects, the differential diagnosis, histopathological features and therapeutical approaches are discussed.

Adolescent↗