A 64-year-old Japanese male had a squamous cell carcinoma (T4N1M0) in the left gingival and buccal mucosa, so a radical wide resection involving left radical neck dissection was performed. An anterolateral thigh flap measuring 15 x 8 cm was raised from the left thigh and transferred to the defect. The postoperative course was eventful. There was no postoperative flap necrosis, infection, not ev...

In the course of an investigation in rats into the effect of section of the cervical sympathetic chain on the nasal mucosa, it was noticed that the Horner's syndrome became reversed when the rats were anaesthetized at various times after the original operation. As this observation does not appear to have been reported previously, it was thought that a brief account of the finding should be reco...

oral malignant melanoma (omm) accounts for 5% of all oral malignancies. it is a rare aggressive neoplasm usually found on the hard palate and gingiva. the etiology is unknown, but tobacco and chronic irritation are suggested as probable causative factors. over 30% of the cases have been reported to arise from pre-existing pigmented lesions. a biopsy is required to establish the diagnosis and th...

Background and aim: Pemphigus vulgaris (PV) is an autoimmune blistering disease which is known to involve the female genital tract but the frequency at which this occurs is unknown. There are relatively few reports in the literature of the cytological appearance of PV on cervicovaginal smears. Our aim was to evaluate involvement of the female genital tract and cervicovaginal Papanicolaou ...

[Introduction] MRI is a useful tool for the evaluation of uterine cervical cancer, however, small lesions are occasionally hard to demonstrate on MR examination at 1.5T. In routine MR examination of cervical cancer, T2-weigted imaging is the most useful sequence in tumor depiction and staging. Cervical cancer appears as a high intense mass within low intense cervical stroma on T2-weigted images...

Cytokines in cervical mucus are likely to play important roles in controlling pathogens. The cervical mucosal environment is complex, however, with many endogenous and exogenous factors that may affect cytokine levels. We used a multiplex, suspension-array-based immunoassay method to measure 10 proinflammatory (interleukin-1beta [IL-1beta], IL-6, and IL-8) and immunoregulatory (gamma interferon...

New abdominal and vaginal hysterectomy techniques, such as classic intrafascial serrated edged macro-morcellator (SEMM) hysterectomy (CISH), by pelviscopy/laparoscopy or laparotomy, and intrafascial vaginal hysterectomy (IVH), are both essentially supravaginal techniques. It has been claimed that they give a prophylaxis against cervical stump carcinoma by coring out the cervix with the SEMM. We...

The human papillomavirus (HPV) represents one of the most common sexually transmitted infections, knowing more than 100 viral types that, in relation to their oncological pathogenesis, are classified into high and low risk. Cervical cancer is second leading cause death from malignant neoplasms women. HPV can often warts. Most this virus harmless, but a percentage them associated with an increas...

BACKGROUND Cervical nodal status is one of prognostic factors in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC). The objective of this study was to identify prognostic factors of cervical node status including site and size of primary tumors, presence of lymphovascular invasion, and size of cervical node for appropriate further treatment in HNSCC. METHODS A 5-year retrospective review of patie...