Over the past six years I have modified my approach to the ageing neck by directing my attention to resecting the redundant platysmal bands after strong superior traction of the body of the platysma muscle to the temporoparotid fascia (Loré’s fascia)() instead of suturing medial platysmal bands. This technique is a variation of Fogli’s initial description(); the main difference being that the e...

A 50-year-old man with a history of submental mass since childhood presented with increased swelling of the mass and discomfort with swallowing. Ultrasound-guided fine needle aspiration and histological biopsy were non-diagnostic. Computed tomography (CT) of the neck was performed. Noncontrast CT demonstrated soft tissue swelling in the submental region and a unilocular cystic mass with smooth ...

Submental mass secondary to toxoplasmosis is not common in clinical work. A diagnosis of toxoplasmosis is rarely considered by physicians. Here we describe a 50-year-old woman presented with a progressive, painful, submental and left neck swelling for 1 month. After having obtained an insufficient evidence from the fine-needle biopsy, the patient finally received an excisional biopsy which high...