The present study was performed on axial and coronal CT scans of 100 patients, most of whom were affected by nasal polyposis. Five observers had to analyse the radiograms and answer a questionnaire… (More)
Solitary fibrous tumours (SFT) are rare neoplasms, with an uncommon laryngeal involvement. Only five cases of laryngeal localization have been described in literature. The following is a case of a… (More)
The antrochoanal polyp (Killian polyp) is an infrequent, benign neoplasm, which arises from the maxillary sinus to reach the ipsilateral choana. The treatment of this disease is essentially surgical,… (More)
Oncocytic neoplasms are a group of rare tumours that mostly affect the parotid gland (80%), sometimes affect the submandibular gland (9%) and rarely affect the intraoral minor salivary glands. The… (More)
Herein, a rare case of synchronous cystoadenolymphoma (Warthin's tumour) of the right parotid gland and the nasopharyngeal space is described. Although Warthin's tumour (WT) of the parotid gland is a… (More)
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Cancer patients with significant comorbidities undergoing major surgical intervention are at high risk for peri/postoperative complications and a prolonged hospital stay. Diabetes mellitus is… (More)
Severe, diffuse polyposis can be adequately treated through a transnasal approach which combines microscopic and endoscopic surgery. The operating microscope is used to perform ethmoidectomy, usually… (More)
Maxipolyposis, i.e. severe, diffuse nasosinusal polyposis, is generally treated with an onerous surgery. Therefore, recurrence, roughly rangling from 15% to 25%, are quite a disagreable outcome which… (More)
In a previous project on haematoporphyrin (HP) uptake by experimentally induced cholesteatoma of the rabbit, it was shown that HP concentration was remarkably high in the cholesteatoma, with a peak… (More)
Fine-needle aspiration cytology (FNAC) is a minimally invasive procedure usually well tolerated, easy to perform, quick, cheap and easy to repeat in case of doubts or non-diagnostic results.… (More)