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Diagnostic accuracy of sonoelastography in different diseases

Journal of Ultrasonography, 2018
The objective of this study was to evaluate the diagnostic accuracy of sonoelastography in patients of primary and secondary health care settings. Google scholar, PubMed, Medline, Medscape, Wikipedia and NCBI were searched in October 2017 for all ...
Iqra Manzoor, Raham Bacha, Syed Amir Gilani   +2 more
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ULTRASTRUCTURAL STUDY OF THE EFFECT OF ZINC OXIDE NANOPARTICLES ON RAT PAROTID SALIVARY GLANDS AND THE PROTECTIVE ROLE OF QUERCETIN [PDF]

Alexandria Dental Journal, 2016
INTRODUCTION: Nanotechnology is the technology of diagnosing, treating, and preventing diseases using nanoscale structured materials. Zinc oxide nanoparticles (ZnO NPs) have useful effects for their less environmental hazards and for their application ...
Samia O. Soliman, Dina M. Abdallah, Hanaa M. Aly, Sara A. Hamza   +3 more
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Stereotactic Body Radiotherapy (SBRT) of Previously Unirradiated Mucosal Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma (SCC)

Head &Neck, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Purpose To evaluate the efficacy and safety of stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT) in previously untreated primary mucosal head and neck cancer (HNC) patients unfit for conventional radiation therapy. Materials and Methods Retrospective analysis of previously unirradiated primary SCC mucosal HNC patients treated with SBRT from 2011 to ...
Mohammed Aldohan, Irene Karam, Amir H. Safavi, Lee Chin, Liying Zhang, Ethan Gooanratne, Madette Galapin, Antoine Eskander, Kevin Higgins, Danny Enepekides, Ian Poon   +10 more
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Primary myxofibrosarcoma of the parotid: case report

BMC Cancer, 2010
Background Myxofibrosarcoma is common in the extremities of elderly people and is characterized by a high frequency of local recurrence. Case presentation We report a 37 year old female who presented with a 4-month history of facial pain and a 3-month ...
Qiao Li, Ye Jing, Chen Yang, Shi Zhao-Hui, Chen Xin, Li Xu, Qiu Jian-Hua   +6 more
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Botulinum Toxin for First Bite Syndrome: A Symptom‐Guided “Follow‐The‐Pain” Injection Strategy

Head &Neck, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background To evaluate botulinum toxin type A (BoNT‐A) for First Bite Syndrome (FBS) and assess a symptom‐guided “Follow‐the‐Pain” (FTP) injection strategy in patients with incomplete response to standard treatment. Methods Consecutive patients with postoperative FBS were treated with ultrasound‐guided intraparotid BoNT‐A injection.
Rosario Marchese‐Ragona, Gianmarco Giunta, Daniela Adamo, Elisabetta Zanoletti, Daniele Manfredini, Domenico Antonio Restivo   +5 more
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A Symptomatic Case of Adenomatous Ductal Proliferation/Hyperplasia with a Large Cystic Lesion

Case Reports in Oncology, 2017
Adenomatous ductal proliferation/hyperplasia (ADP/H) of the salivary gland, a rare asymptomatic nonneoplastic lesion that histopathologically resembles basal cell adenoma, is typically incidentally identified in resected specimens of other salivary ...
Nobuhiko Seki, Norikazu Yamazaki, Tatsuru Ikeda, Hiroshi Hadara, Tetsuo Himi   +4 more
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Therapeutic mechanisms of granulocyte-colony stimulating factor in methotrexate-induced parotid lesion in adult rats and possible role of telocytes: A histological study [PDF]

The Egyptian Journal of Histology, 2018
Background: Worldwide, Methotrexate (MTX) is used to treat neoplastic and non-neoplastic diseases despite its severe side-effects. One of these adverse effects is salivary dysfunction that can aggravate MTX mucotoxic effects.
Eman Farag, Marwa Yousry, Abeer Omar
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Early Postoperative Adverse Events (≤ 30 Days) in Spinal Oncology: Defining the Incidence, Severity, and Predictors in a Mixed Prospective Cohort Including Intradural and Metastatic Spinal Tumors

International Journal of Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Complication reporting in spinal tumor surgery remains inconsistently defined. We aimed to quantify the incidence, severity, and spectrum of early (≤ 30 days) postoperative adverse events (AEs) in spinal tumor surgery and to identify predictors of overall and serious complications using standardized severity grading.
Meltem Ivren, Philip Dao Trong, Maximilian Klass, Martin Dugas, Sebastian Ille, Sandro M. Krieg, Pavlina Lenga   +6 more
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Medical Management for the Treatment of Nontuberculous Mycobacteria Infection of the Parotid Gland: Avoiding Surgery May Be Possible

Case Reports in Medicine, 2016
Infection with nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) is uncommon in the head and neck; therefore there is no clear consensus on treating these infections.
Emily Kay-Rivest, Sarah Bouhabel, Matthew Thomas Oughton, Michael Peter Hier   +3 more
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Clinical progress note: Mumps

Journal of Hospital Medicine, EarlyView.
Abstract Mumps was a common childhood viral illness before the implementation of the measles, mumps, and rubella (MMR) vaccination in 1967. There was a significant decrease in mumps cases in the postvaccine era; however, there has been an increase in outbreaks in the United States over the past two decades.
Sarah Ludvigsen, Mati Segev
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