Introduction: Temporal artery biopsy is the gold standard for the diagnosis of giant cell arteritis (GCA). There is disagreement over how long the temporal artery specimen should be, i.e. 0.5…
Aim: The aim of our prospective non-randomised study was to evaluate the influence of surgery and radiotherapy of advanced oral squamous cell carcinoma on complete blood count, acute inflammatory response…
Purpose: The purpose of this study was to evaluate a polymorphism frequency between oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC) patients and healthy volunteers. Materials and methods: 54 Japanese OSCC patients and…
Squamous cell carcinoma of maxillary sinus is difficult for treatment from the influence to the internal organ that adjoins. We report a case of squamous cell carcinoma of maxillary sinus…
Introduction: Among unusual neck swellings diagnosed in our Neck Lump Clinics, Lemierre’s Syndrome or anaerobic postanginal sepsis was the least expected. Lemierre’s affects young immunocompetent adults. 3 phases of this…
Inflammatory pseudotumour (IPT), also known as inflammatory myofibroblastic tumour (IMT), plasma cell granuloma, plasma cell pseudotumour and pseudosarcomatous tumour, is a benign but locally aggressive tumour which may behave in…
Purpose: A number of protein markers for oral squamous cell carcinoma are still not applicable in large populations. Proteomic technologies provide excellent tools for rapid screening of a large number…
Background: The difficulties in the surgical management of cancer of the head and neck region when they present late cannot be underestimated. In Nigeria, as it is often the case…
Paracoccidioidomycosis (South America blastomycosis) is a deep mycosis caused by the Paracoccidioides brasiliensis , that has been considered the most frequent systemic mycosis in Latin America. Mulberry-like ulcers on the…
Published literature indicates that the prevalence of osteomyelitis in sickle cell anaemic patients is up to 29%. While sickle cell osteomyelitis is more commonly seen in long bones, its occurrence…
