scholarly journals Incidental Findings in Cone-Beam Computed Tomographic Images: Calcifications in Head and Neck Region

2017 ◽  
Vol 21 (2) ◽  
pp. 100-107 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ali Altındağ ◽  
Hakan Avsever ◽  
Oguz Borahan ◽  
Mesut Akyol ◽  
Kaan Orhan
Keyword(s):  
Head And Neck ◽  
Incidental Findings ◽  
Demographic Data ◽  
Neck Region ◽  
Correct Identification ◽  
Head And Neck Region ◽  
Tomographic Images ◽  
Computed Tomographic ◽  
Appropriate Treatment ◽  
Life Saving

Summary Background/Aim: The use of CBCT in dentistry has been increasing popularity nowadays. CBCT images provide valuable information from anatomic structures and pathologies. Images obtained with CBCT allow for more appropriate treatment planning. The purpose of this study was to assess the calcifications which were found incidentally on CBCT images and to reveal the frequency and characteristics. Material and Methods: A total of 691 CBCT images which obtained from the patients were assessed. Demographic data and calcifications which were found out of primarily interest area were noted. The incidental findings were categorized and analyzed using descriptive statistics. Results: 945 calcifications were discovered on 318(46.02%) of the 691 patients’ images. 373(53.98%) scans showed no calcificated findings. The age range of patients was from 5 to 84 years. The most common calcification was tonsillolith (86.03%), followed by stylohyoid calcifications (6.24%), antrolith and subdermal calcifications (2.33%). Conclusion: Calcified lesions in head and neck region were commonly seen in CBCT images. Although the most of the calcifications are asymptomatic and require no treatment but correct identification of these findings will reduce unnecessary further diagnostic assessments and will provide more appropriate treatment plans. It will also provide the ability comprehensively evaluation of underlying diseases and practitioners will have life-saving information by early diagnosis.

Clinical presentation and treatment of melioidosis in the head and neck region

2018 ◽  
Vol 132 (9) ◽  
pp. 827-831 ◽  
Author(s):  
K Mahawerawat ◽  
P Kasemsiri
Keyword(s):  
Early Diagnosis ◽  
Confidence Interval ◽  
Head And Neck ◽  
Clinical Presentation ◽  
Neck Region ◽  
Oral Antibiotic ◽  
Head And Neck Region ◽  
Indirect Haemagglutination ◽  
Appropriate Treatment ◽  
Life Threatening

AbstractBackgroundAlthough melioidosis in the head and neck region is uncommon, it is a potentially life-threatening infection. Thus, early diagnosis and proper management are very important.ObjectivesTo report the clinical presentation and management of melioidosis in the head and neck.MethodA retrospective study was conducted from 1 January 2013 to 31 October 2016 in Mukdahan Hospital, Thailand. Case records of patients who had presented with culture-positive melioidosis were analysed.ResultsMedical records of 49 patients (23 males and 26 females) were analysed. Patients ranged in age from 1 to 75 years. Clinical presentations included 22 parotid abscesses, 16 neck abscesses and 11 suppurative lymphadenitis cases. Only 35 patients (71 per cent) had high indirect haemagglutination assay titres of ≥ 1:160 (95 per cent confidence interval = 45.35–88.28). Almost half of the patients received intravenous ceftazidime and subsequently oral co-trimoxazole. Oral antibiotic regimens were prescribed for mild localised melioidosis. Overall, 95.65 per cent of patients were in remission and no relapses were observed (95 per cent confidence interval = 85.47–98.80).ConclusionCareful clinical correlation and proper investigation are required to establish an early diagnosis of melioidosis and to initiate appropriate treatment.

scholarly journals Cavernous Hemangioma of the Tongue

2013 ◽  
Vol 2013 ◽  
pp. 1-3 ◽  
Author(s):  
Krishna Kripal ◽  
Senthil Rajan ◽  
Beena Ropak ◽  
Ipsita Jayanti
Keyword(s):  
Oral Cavity ◽  
Head And Neck ◽  
Cavernous Hemangioma ◽  
Lateral Surface ◽  
Benign Tumor ◽  
Clinical Importance ◽  
Neck Region ◽  
Histological Evaluation ◽  
Head And Neck Region ◽  
Appropriate Treatment

Hemangioma is a benign tumor of dilated blood vessels. It is most commonly seen in the head and neck region and rarely in the oral cavity. Hemangiomas in the oral cavity are always of clinical importance and require appropriate treatment. We report here a case of a 34-year-old female patient with a swelling on the lateral surface of tongue which did not respond to the sclerosing agent and was finally confirmed as cavernous hemangioma on histological evaluation.

scholarly journals Extrapulmonary head and neck tuberculosis: 3 year experience at a tertiary care centre

2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (9) ◽  
pp. 1486
Author(s):  
Ashok Vivekanand ◽  
Prajwal S. Fernandes ◽  
Nair Tara
Keyword(s):  
Head And Neck ◽  
Tertiary Care ◽  
Neck Region ◽  
Tertiary Care Centre ◽  
Cervical Lymph Nodes ◽  
Head And Neck Region ◽  
Pulmonary Tb ◽  
Level Ii ◽  
Appropriate Treatment ◽  
Clinical Presentations

<p class="abstract"><strong>Background:</strong> Tuberculosis (TB) is a disease caused by Mycobacterium group of microbe. Most common manifestation of the disease is pulmonary TB. Involvement of other sites is termed as extrapulmonary TB (EPTB). These extrapulmonary sites are head and neck region, renal system, pleura, central nervous system and bones. This study was to find out the various head and neck manifestations of TB.</p><p class="abstract"><strong>Methods:</strong> All head and neck cases of TB diagnosed during the period 2017-2020 were included in the study. Recurrent cases of TB and those patients with primary pulmonary TB focus having head and neck manifestation were excluded from the study.</p><p class="abstract"><strong>Results: </strong>63 patients fulfilled the inclusion and exclusion criteria. The disease was found to be more in females (65.07%). The most common EPTB manifestation in head and neck region was the involvement of cervical lymph nodes followed by laryngeal TB. Level II was the most common involved lymph node group. We noted three cases of temporal bone TB and one case of nasal TB.</p><p class="abstract"><strong>Conclusions: </strong>In regions where the disease is endemic, there can be various atypical clinical presentations. Early diagnosis is of utmost importance in initiation of appropriate treatment.</p>

scholarly journals The effectiveness of oral propranolol for infantile hemangioma on the head and neck region: A case series

2021 ◽  
pp. 106120
Author(s):  
Prasetyanugraheni Kreshanti ◽  
Nandya Titania Putri ◽  
Valencia Jane Martin ◽  
Chaula Luthfia Sukasah
Keyword(s):  
Head And Neck ◽  
Case Series ◽  
Neck Region ◽  
Infantile Hemangioma ◽  
Head And Neck Region ◽  
Oral Propranolol

scholarly journals Therapeutic Strategies for Untreated Capillary Malformations of the Head and Neck Region: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analyses

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gonca Cinkara ◽  
Ginger Beau Langbroek ◽  
Chantal M. A. M. van der Horst ◽  
Albert Wolkerstorfer ◽  
Sophie E. R. Horbach ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Systematic Review ◽  
Head And Neck ◽  
Neck Region ◽  
Therapeutic Strategies ◽  
Head And Neck Region ◽  
Meta Analyses

scholarly journals Kimura disease: a rare cause of a recurrent cheek mass in a Jamaican man

2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Geoffrey Williams ◽  
Carlos Neblett ◽  
Jade Arscott ◽  
Sheena McLean ◽  
Shereika Warren ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Differential Diagnosis ◽  
Local Recurrence ◽  
Head And Neck ◽  
African Descent ◽  
Young Men ◽  
Neck Region ◽  
Serum Immunoglobulin ◽  
Western World ◽  
Kimura Disease ◽  
Head And Neck Region

Abstract Kimura disease (KD) is a chronic, inflammatory, benign disorder endemic to Asia that typically manifests as a triad of painless masses in the head and neck region, elevated eosinophils and serum immunoglobulin. It usually affects young men in their second and third decades of life and is rarely seen outside of the orient. This is a report of a case of KD in a young man of African descent who presented with a cheek mass. KD was not included in our differential diagnosis, and this report highlights the need to consider this entity, which can be easily missed due to its rarity in the Western world. There is no cure for the disease, and management includes medical and surgical modalities, but local recurrence or relapse is not uncommon.

scholarly journals Extranodal lymphoma of the head and neck: a pictorial essay

2019 ◽  
Vol 52 (4) ◽  
pp. 268-271
Author(s):  
Pinar Gulmez Cakmak ◽  
Gülsüm Akgün Çağlayan ◽  
Furkan Ufuk
Keyword(s):  
Lymph Nodes ◽  
Head And Neck ◽  
Neck Region ◽  
Extranodal Lymphoma ◽  
Imaging Findings ◽  
Head And Neck Region ◽  
Radiological Features ◽  
Extranodal Site ◽  
Pictorial Essay

Abstract Primary extranodal lymphoma is defined as a lymphoma at a solitary extranodal site, with or without involvement of the lymph nodes. The clinical and radiological features of extranodal lymphoma have been documented in recent studies. In this pictorial essay, we reviewed imaging findings of extranodal lymphoma in the head and neck region.

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