UNLABELLED Dissection of cervical arteries constitutes a medical emergency. Although relatively rarely, activities classified as sports and recreation may be a cause of arterial dissection independently of neck or head trauma. The purpose of the present paper was to present a series of cases of cerebrum-cervical arterial dissection in individuals during or soon after the practice of these sport...

Acute Type I aortic dissections are fast progressing highly mortal vascular emergencies if management delays. In this particular paper we report a case with a Type I aortic dissection mistreated for first 2 hours as thrombotic AMI, and aortic dissection diagnosis confirmed and treated surgically immediately. 59 years old male patient admitted to emergency room with sudden onset chest pain. Pati...

BACKGROUND Cosmesis is of increasing importance to the otolaryngology patient population. This is the first report of clinical outcomes of robot-assisted neck dissection by North American groups. METHODS This is a retrospective case-control study. Cases included three patients who underwent isolated, ipsilateral robot-assisted neck dissection. Operative time, estimated blood loss, lymph node ...

The purpose of the radical neck dissection is to remove the lymphatics and the drainage areas of primary cancers originating in the head and neck. Applying this principle of regional lymphatic excision (radical dissection), all cervical lymphatics and, in addition, certain adjacent muscles, nerves, and glands must be sacrificed to facilitate complete extirpation of the disease. A "partial" or u...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE We report a case of facial diplegia complicating a bilateral internal carotid artery dissection. CASE DESCRIPTION A 49-year-old patient presented with unilateral headache and oculosympathetic paresis. Cerebral angiography revealed a bilateral internal carotid artery dissection. A few days later, the patient developed a facial diplegia that regressed after arterial recan...

Dissection of the internal carotid artery usually involves the cervical portion but, rarely , may involve the intracranial portion. In contrast to extracranial dissection, the clinical course of intracranial dissection is often catastrophic, with rapid onset of profound neurologic deficit, occlusion of middle andjor anterior cerebral arteries, and high mortality rates. We describe a case of sup...

Introduction: Medullary thyroid cancer (MTC) is an uncommon neoplasm originating from parafollicular C cells. Distant metastasis in MTC, such as axillary node involvement, is extremely rare.  Case Report: The present study describes a known case of MTC with axillary lymph node metastasis in a 31-year-old woman. In 2010, she underwent total thyroidectomy and right-sided modified radical neck dis...

Salivary gland tumors are among the pathologies in the head and neck that may be challenging in diagnosis and treatment. Most benign tumors occur in the parotid gland. Pleomorphic Adenoma is the most common type. Basal Cell Adenoma is a subtype of the Monomorphic Adenoma with rare occurrence. Proper diagnosis and clinical evaluation by the use of radiography can lead the physician to the best t...