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AUTHOR
Alberto Costas López
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Surgical treatment of benign parapharyngeal space tumours. Presentation of two clinical cases and revision of the literature
2008
Parapharyngeal space (PPS) tumours, most of them benign, account for some 0.5% of tumours of the head and neck. The importance of these tumours lies mainly in two aspects: on the one hand, the difficulty of early diagnosis, due to the lack of symptoms in the initial stages and, on the other, the extreme complications of performing surgery in the parapharyngeal region. This article discusses two clinical cases of parapharyngeal space tumours: a 45 year old man and a 60 year old woman. We revise the scientific literature and analyse the diagnostic and therapeutic procedures used, placing special emphasis on describing the different surgical approaches to the parapharyngeal space: transcervica…
Treatment of bilateral hyperplasia of the coronoid process of the mandible : Presentation of a case and review of the literature
2008
Bilateral hyperplasia of the coronoid process is infrequent. It consists of an elongation of the coronoid process of the mandible and is, accordingly, a mechanical problem, limiting mouth opening. This article looks at the case of a 28 year-old male with significant limitation on opening his mouth, secondary to bilateral hyperplasia of the coronoid process. We reviewed the literature and analysed the diagnostic and therapeutic procedures used, paying special attention to the surgical approaches to the coronoid process and emphasising the importance of early post-operative rehabilitation, describing our experience with the TheraBite® (Atos Medical AB, PO Box 183, 242 22 Hörby, Sweden). The s…
Tumor pardo en la sínfisis mandibular como primera manifestación clínica de hiperparatiroidismo: diagnóstico y tratamiento
2005
El tumor pardo es una de las lesiones óseas que pueden encontrarse en pacientes con hiperparatiroidismo. Pueden localizarse en cualquier hueso, afectando ocasionalmente al territorio craneo- maxilofacial. Si bien en la mayoría de los casos el diagnóstico de tumor pardo se realiza en pacientes en los que se ha diagnosticado previamente el hiperparatiroidismo, en ocasiones éste puede ser el primer signo de la enfermedad. Presentamos un caso de tumor pardo localizado en la sínfisis mandibular que fue el primer signo clínico de hiperaparatiroidismo secundario a un adenoma paratiroideo hiperfuncionante. Se revisan el diagnóstico diferencial de este tipo de lesiones y sus posibles tratamientos. B…