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Hoarseness in a nigerian tertiary health facility: Prevalence, aetiology and predisposing factors

open access: yesNigerian Postgraduate Medical Journal, 2022
Objectives: To determine the prevalence, aetiology and predisposing factors in patients presenting with hoarseness to Usmanu Danfodiyo University Teaching Hospital, Sokoto.
Foluso Mercy Adeyeye   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

A Rare Variation of Inferior Laryngeal Nerve: Nonrecurrent Laryngeal Nerve [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
A nonrecurrent laryngeal nerve variant of the inferior laryngeal nerve is very rarely seen, and surgeons should keep it in mind during thyroid surgery. Preoperative findings, like situs invertus and dysphagia lusoria, may be suggestive of a nonrecurrent ...
BİNNETOĞLU, ADEM   +11 more
core   +1 more source

Diagnostic Accuracy and Safety of Endoscopic – Guided Office-Based Biopsies for Laryngeal and Pharyngeal Lesions at St. Luke’s Medical Center

open access: yesPhilippine Journal of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery
 Objective: To determine the sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value, negative predictive value and safety of endoscopic guided office-based biopsies (OBB) in diagnosing laryngeal and pharyngeal neoplasms at the St.
Diana Fernandez, Ronaldo Soriano
doaj   +1 more source

Synovial Sarcoma of the Larynx: Report of a Case and Review of Literature

open access: yesCase Reports in Otolaryngology, 2017
Sarcomas account for less than 1% of malignant neoplasms arising in the head and neck in adults. Laryngeal synovial sarcoma is an extremely rare form of laryngeal malignancy with less than 20 cases reported in the literature.
Geetha Narayanan   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

A Cross-Sectional Study on Histopathology of Laryngeal Lesions in a Tertiary Care Center

open access: yesOnline Journal of Health & Allied Sciences, 2023
Laryngeal lesions can be benign, premalignant, or malignant. Patient history, clinical symptoms, and indirect laryngoscopy with a rigid or flexible fibre optic scope and stroboscopy can identify vocal nodules and polyps.
Priya K, Adithya V
doaj  

Surgically-Treated Locoregionally Advanced Hypopharyngeal Cancer: Outcomes

open access: yesInternational Archives of Otorhinolaryngology, 2018
Introduction Hypopharyngeal tumors are head and neck malignancies associated with a great mortality rate, and the treatment of advanced lesions constitutes a challenging problem.
Jorge Rodrigues   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Laryngeal Embryonal Rhabdomyosarcoma: A rare adult neoplasm

open access: yesEar, Nose & Throat Journal, 2022
The embryonal subtype of rhabdomyosarcoma is the most frequent, commonly seen in children. However, it is uncommon to discover this subtype in adults, especially in the larynx. We presented a rare case of a 63 years old man who presented with worsening hoarseness, dysphagia for solids, and dyspnea and was later diagnosed with embryonal rhabdomyosarcoma
Farah Hafiz Yusuf   +8 more
openaire   +2 more sources

Plasmacytoma of the larynx: case report and literature review of laryngeal extra-medullary plasmacytoma

open access: yesThe Egyptian Journal of Otolaryngology, 2022
Background Monoclonal plasma cell neoplasms are rare; laryngeal solitary plasmacytoma is very rare. Case presentation This is the case of a 46-year-old man who has been treated for chronic laryngitis for 8 months; he presented first with dysphonia ...
Kaoutar Cherrabi   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Targeting transcription factors associated with hemoglobinopathies: Lessons from successful interventions and implications for cancer

open access: yesMolecular Oncology, EarlyView.
This review summarizes the transcription factors, repressive chromatin‐modifying complexes, and epigenetic mechanisms that control fetal hemoglobin repression. Notably, many regulators of γ‐globin silencing also function in transcriptional and epigenetic networks that drive cancer, highlighting opportunities to translate advances in hemoglobinopathy ...
Meigen Yu   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Somatostatin receptor 4 (SSTR4) is a tumor suppressor in cutaneous and head & neck squamous cell carcinomas

open access: yesMolecular Oncology, EarlyView.
This study identifies somatostatin receptor 4 (Sstr4) as a critical tumor suppressor against skin and head/neck cancers (HNSCC, cSCC, and BCC). The loss of Sstr4 removes a check on cell growth, causing hyperactivation of the MAPK‐ERK signaling pathway (↑).
Ali Taqvi   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

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