nasopharyng carcinoma npc uniqu diseas clinic present epidemiolog histopatholog differ from other squamous cell carcinoma head neck npc epsteinbarr virusassoci malign mark racial geograph distribut specif high preval southern china southeast asia middl east date most npc patient have been diagnos advanc stage treatment result advanc npc satisfactori this paper provid brief overview regard npc focus earli detect initi recurr npc lesion

Keiji Tabuchi

Masahiro Nakayama

Bungo Nishimura

Kentaro Hayashi

Akira Hara

Early Detection of Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma

background theoret model analysi stress vestibular membran has identifi geometr stress factor incorpor shape size thick can use assess peak stress various chamber method using publish measur toadfish vestibular membran made dure surgeri geometr stress factor can evalu each chamber base model result the mean geometr stress factor calcul lowest semicircular canal 44 intermedi ampulla 60 highest utricl 174 conclus the model predict substanti hoop stress dispar exist toadfish vestibular labyrinth stress least semicircular canal which therefor appear structur greatest stabil the utricl found most stress prone structur vestibular labyrinth therefor appear chamber most vulner distent potenti modif

Daniel J. Pender

A Model Analysis of Tensile Stress in the Toadfish Vestibular Membranes

venous aneurysm rare caus neck mass among neck vein aneurysm extern jugular vein extrem uncommon present case woman histori prior intern jugular vein catheter who present rural primari health care unit nontend progress enlarg swell right supraclavicular region bmode doppler ultrasound examin reveal saccular dilat extern jugular vein suggest posttraumat venous aneurysm saccular aneurysm extern jugular vein uncommon onli rare lead serious complic access ultrasound examin can allow earli detect entiti

Eleni E. Drakonaki

Emmanouil K. Symvoulakis

Anthoula Fachouridi

Dimitrios Kounalakis

Emmanouil Tsafantakis

External Jugular Vein Aneurysm Presenting as a Cervical Mass

introduct chronic rhinosinus high preval diseas necessari creat valid instrument assess qualiti life patient the snot20 questionnair develop purpos specif test evalu qualiti life relat chronic rhinosinus valid english languag has been use most studi subject current valid instrument assess diseas portugues objectiv crosscultur adapt valid snot20 portugues patient method the snot20 questionnair underw meticul process crosscultur adapt evalu assess it sensit reliabl valid result the process result intellig version questionnair snot20p internal consist cronbach reliabl testingretest content valid valid discrimin patient without chronic rhinosinus assess sensit chang 109 were evalu conclus conduct success process crosscultur adapt valid snot20 questionnair portugues

Thiago Freire Pinto Bezerra

Jay F. Piccirillo

Marco Aurélio Fornazieri

Renata R. de M. Pilan

Tatiana Regina Teles Abdo

Fabio de Rezende Pinna

Francini Grecco de Melo Padua

Richard Louis Voegels

Cross-Cultural Adaptation and Validation of SNOT-20 in Portuguese

objectiv investig effici laser speckl flowgraphi evalu blood flow free flap use plastic surgeri method measur blood flow use visual laser meter capabl provid twodimension color graphic represent flow distribut given area use dynam laser speckl effect using laser speckl flowgraphi examin blood flow 20 free flap appli follow excis head neck tumor result after anastomosi feed drain blood vessel sew flap musculocutan flap show signific lower blood flow than jejun oment flap the ratio blood flow decreas from edg center signific greater flap than jejun oment flap conclus laser speckl flowgraphi use periop measur blood flow free flap use plastic surgeri this method high use practic reliabl tool assess cutan blood flow expect applic sever clinic field

Toshiaki Furuta

Michihiko Sone

Yasushi Fujimoto

Shunjiro Yagi

Makoto Sugiura

Yuzuru Kamei

Hitoshi Fujii

Tsutomu Nakashima

Free Flap Blood Flow Evaluated Using Two-Dimensional Laser Speckle Flowgraphy

purpos format tracheoinnomin arteri fistula tif consecut hemorrhag rare lifethreaten complic high mortal warn symptom can absent the current literatur contain onli few consider mislead sign especi case where contact between tissu cannula tight method result report two case lifethreaten hemorrhag appear six day two month after percutan dilat tracheostomi pdt two patient respect case diagnosi tracheoinnomin arteri fistula tif difficult tracheal ring fractur after pdt pressur ulcer caus cannula were implic tif format the cannula overblock buy time befor surgic closur both patient surviv without ani addit neurolog defici conclus massiv hemorrhag patient after tracheostomi like due tif ultrasound scan befor pdt care period followup trachea requir

Torsten Richter

Birgit Gottschlich

Susanne Sutarski

Rainer Müller

Maximilian Ragaller

Late Life-Threatening Hemorrhage after Percutaneous Tracheostomy

objectiv describ rare case impact larg foreign bodi chicken bone laryngopharynx case report 28yearsold man present pain neck 5 day durat the patient gave histori sever choke sensat while eat chicken laryngoscop examin reveal linear whitish larg chicken bone impact left pyriform fossa the bone remov under local anesthesia guidanc telescop laryng examin conclus this paper describ impact larg chicken bone hypopharynx adult male patient it remov guid telescop laryng examin

Tamer A. Mesallam

Impacted Chicken Bone in the Laryngopharynx: A Case Report

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