The thyroid is the first endocrine gland to form during embryogenesis. At this stage, incomplete or anomalous migration of thyroid tissue causes ectopic localization of the gland. In our case, a 55-year-old woman who was evaluated via ultrasonography (USG) and multi-detector computed tomography (MDCT) had no thyroid gland at the normal location, but did have ectopic thyroid tissue in the left s...

AIM The aim of this study is to assess and locate the Foramen of Huschke. STUDY DESIGN Anatomical. MATERIAL AND METHOD Using contrast material like gutta-percha and barium sulfate, through extraoral radiographs, such as panoramic, submental vertex and corrected sagittal linear Temporal Mandibular Joint tomograms in four skulls where we clinically checked the existence of foramen of Huschke....

PURPOSE This study aimed to evaluate the oncologic and functional results of pharyngeal defect reconstruction using a submental island flap in hypopharyngeal cancer patients. METHODS Functional and oncologic results were assessed in 14 patients based on a retrospective chart review. Speech function grading was as follows: 1 = excellent (>70% intelligibility); 2 = good (40-70% intelligibility)...

BACKGROUND Angiolymphoid hyperplasia with eosinophilia (ALHE) is a vasocentric process characterized by infiltrates of lymphocytes and eosinophils, usually affecting the muscular arteries of the head and neck. Currently it is unclear whether it is a reactive or neoplastic process. REPORT We present a 61-year-old African American male with a twenty year history of superficial skin patches invo...

Background And Objectives: Oral cavity cancer is a one of the common form of malignancies in the northeastern India. This study was to analyze, treatments and outcomes of oral cancers. Materials And Methods: The study was conducted in the department of Otorhinolaryngology and head Neck Surgery, Assam Medical College and Hospital, Dibrugarh, Assam, India between February 2014 to September 2015. ...

Merkel cell carcinoma is a rare and aggressive neuroendocrine-derived skin cancer arising most commonly on the sun-exposed head and neck skin of elderly and immunocompromised patients. Although a combination of wide excision and adjuvant radiotherapy is the optimal therapeutic approach for Merkel cell carcinoma, radiation monotherapy has recently been recommended for unresectable tumors. We rep...

This study evaluated the effect of implant-supported oral rehabilitation in the mandible on the electromyographic activity during mastication and swallowing in edentulous elderly individuals. Fifteen patients aged more than 60 years were evaluated, being 10 females and 5 males. All patients were edentulous, wore removable complete dentures on both dental arches, and had the mandibular dentures ...