The lymph nodes of the neck can be divided into six levels. Recently, the American Academy of Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery and the Committee for Head and Neck Surgery and Oncology recommended that levels I, II and V be sub-divided into the respective sublevels of A and B. In other publications we have discussed the importance of the sublevels specific for levels I and II. In this report...

In 1991, the Committee for Head and Neck Surgery and Oncology of the American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery proposed to define the anatomic boundaries between the lymph node levels in the neck, as initially described by the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center (New York, NY). Recently, radiological parameters have been outlined to identify boundaries between various neck lev...

A 70-year-old woman was admitted to the emergency room at our hospital with painful swelling on the left posterior triangle of her neck that had progressively worsened over three days. A physical examination revealed normal findings with the exception of diffuse fullness in the left posterior neck. A contrasted computed tomography (CT) scan of the neck and thorax revealed a left jugular venous ...

INTRODUCTION Leiomyosarcomas are rare tumors. The most common site for head and neck leiomyosarcomas is the oral cavity, followed by sinonasal tract and skin. Subcutaneous leiomyosarcomas are thought to arise from small to medium-sized blood vessels in the subcutaneous tissue. CASE PRESENTATION A 67-year-old female patient underwent excision of a slow growing neck mass of the left posterior n...

PURPOSE The aim of this study was to investigate the correlation between bone mineral density (BMD) and arterial stiffness as a preclinical atherosclerosis criterion. MATERIALS AND METHODS Carotid and femoral artery Doppler ultrasonography and arterial stiffness measurements were performed on 113 female patients referred for BMD measurements. RESULTS The cross-sectional compliance and cross...