Head injuries are the most common injuries sustained by children in motor vehicle crashes. Prevention of these injuries through advances in vehicles and restraint systems requires a biofidelic anthropomorphic test device (ATD). Pediatric ATDs are primarily developed from scaling down adult volunteer and cadaver impact test data. Limited experimental data exist on pediatric head and neck kinemat...

D eep neck space infections are a potential complication of odontogenic infection, but rarely have been reported in children. In a recent study, 113 pediatric patients were hospitalized with maxillofacial infections with 32 from dental sources; however, the extension of these infections into deep neck spaces was not documented. 1 In a similar study of 67 children with abscess of the head and ne...

Pediatric salivary gland disease represents a very small portion of the pathology that we see among children and as such, it represents a very small part of what head and neck surgeons treat. The majority of salivary gland masses occur within the parotid gland [1-4]. Parotid gland lesions are infrequent in children. Less than 5% of all salivary gland neoplasms occur in this population and less ...

This study aims to confirm the effects of a neck pillow on postural stability head and variance center mass in sitting position. Experiments were conducted keeping posture at rest with without use two types pillows; wrap front pillow. During experiments, whole body was recorded by motion capture system. Differences head-and-neck resting position statistically compared among conditions. As resul...

Schwannomas are peripheral nerve sheath tumors usually detected in adults which extremely rare pediatric population and when present they commonly associated with Neurofibromatosis type 2. While frequently observed the head, neck, extremities, could be anywhere body including abdominal cavity. The most common site for intraabdominal schwannomas is stomach pelvic rare. imaging characteristics qu...

Understanding femoral neck structure may be critical to preventing fractures at this site. We examined the correlates of changes in the femoral neck during adolescence. Dual energy x-ray absorptiometry measurements of proximal femora were made in 101 Caucasian youths (ages 9 to 26 years). Relationships were examined between developmental parameters (age, pubertal stage, height, body mass, lean ...

introduction wound myiasis is one of the common types of myiasis that demonstrates obligatory parasitic behavior. case presentation a 62-year-old homeless man presented with an abnormally growing and ruptured neck mass containing worms. he had wound myiasis caused by the larva of lucilia sericata in his previously punctured neck. discussion lucilia sericata can cause both facultative and obliga...

giant cell tumors of the neck occur very rarely. Although such tumors usually arise from cartilaginous neck structures, they sometimes originate in the soft tissues. Soft-tissue giant cell tumors of the neck are likely to be more aggressive and have a higher mortality rate than are tumors arising from the cartilaginous larynx. An aggressive use of available treatment modalities, including radio...

Amyloidosis results from the deposition of amyloid proteins in organs and tissues. Clinically, it can be classified into systemic and localized forms. Here, we report a case of localized amyloidosis of the nasopharynx and neck. The initial presentation was a nasopharyngeal mass, and bilateral neck masses, mimicking nasopharyngeal carcinoma with neck metastasis. Computed tomographic scans of the...

Lymphangiomas are rare congenital benign tumors arising from the lymphatic system, and are mostly encountered in the neck and axillary regions of pediatric patients (95%). Lymphangioma of the pancreas is extremely rare accounting for less than 1% of these tumors. We report here on a case of pancreatic cystic lymphangioma. A 54-year-old woman presented with intermittent postprandial abdominal di...