The treatment of patients with locoregionally advanced squamous cell cancer of the head and neck is still evolving. Induction chemotherapy (IC) is widely used in this patient population and it is unclear how to best incorporate IC into multimodality treatment. Recently, the results of two randomized clinical trials were presented (the PARADIGM and Docetaxel Based Chemotherapy Plus or Minus Indu...

Necrotizing sialometaplasia is a benign and self-limiting pathological entity that occurs in minor salivary glands, most frequently located on the border between hard soft palate. It has an unclear etiology, being associated with physical, chemical or biological injury, which would produce necrosis due to ischemia of glandular tissue subsequent attempt repair, histologically translates into met...

Extramedullary plasmacytoma is a rare neoplasm characterized by monoclonal proliferation of plasma cells and accounts for about 3 - 5% all cell neoplasms including bone extramedullary tumors. Plasmacytomas are more predominant in males who the 5th – 6th decade. It most often located head neck region. usually affects upper respiratory tract 80% cases 15% spread to cervical lymph nodes. They pres...

Inflammatory myoblastic tumour (IMT) is a rare benign neoplasm that can affect any part of the body including head and neck. When it affecting neck region, clinical presentations mimic other common pathology. If involves upper airway cause stridor hoarseness. Other presenting features are swelling dysphagia. This may chronic granulomatous diseases. case report described IMT arising from vocal c...

Infiltrating lipoma is an uncommon mesenchymal neoplasm that characteristically infiltrates adjacent tissues and tends to recur after excision. This type of lipoma is extremely rare in the head and neck region. We report a case of a giant infiltrating lipoma of the face, studied with CT and MR imaging.

Mucosal melanoma is a neural-crest–derived neoplasm that originates in melanocytes and demonstrates melanocytic differentiation. Exposure to formalin and ultraviolet light are known etiologic factors; another possible factor is exposure to radiation. Approximately 15 to 20% of all skin melanomas develop on the head and neck, but less than 1% of all melanomas develop in ocular or mucosal sites, ...

BACKGROUND The aim of this study is to examine the effect of stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS) in the treatment of advanced, recurrent lesions for head and neck carcinoma both with and without lymph node involvement. METHODS Between April 2006 and July 2007, 22 patients (mean age 67 years) with advanced, recurrent head and neck carcinoma were treated with stereotactic radiosurgery. All of the p...

INTRODUCTION Treatment of elderly patients is in many ways different from that for younger ones. The aim of the present study was to identify the particular characteristics and needs of elderly patients suffering from head and neck cancer. From these patterns, considerations for this special group can be deduced. PATIENTS AND MATERIAL The subjects for this study consisted of 376 patients suff...

The ordinary lipoma is the most common neoplasm of mesenchymal origin. Only 13% of them arise in the head and neck region and most of these occur subcutaneously in the posterior neck. Rarely, they can develop in the anterior neck, infratemporal fossa, and in or around the oral cavity, pharynx, larynx, and parotid gland. Clinically, they can be confused with other benign lesions; however, CT all...

BACKGROUND Head and neck sarcomas are exceedingly rare and they include 4% - 10% of all sarcomas and less than 1% of all neoplasm of head and neck. OBJECTIVES The aim of this study is to evaluate the epidemiological characteristics of head and neck sarcomas of patients in Isfahan, Iran. PATIENTS AND METHODS In this retrospective study, from the 16000 patients whose files were evaluated, the...