JOURNAL OF JAPAN SOCIETY FOR HEAD AND NECK SURGERY
Online ISSN : 1884-474X
Print ISSN : 1349-581X
ISSN-L : 1349-581X
Volume 9, Issue 3
Displaying 1-4 of 4 articles from this issue
  • Katsunari Yane, Toshizo Koizumi, Hirokazu Uemura, Hiroshi Miyahara, Hi ...
    1999 Volume 9 Issue 3 Pages 143-147
    Published: December 30, 1999
    Released on J-STAGE: February 25, 2011
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    The outcome of surgery for Graves' disease was studied in 88 patients in the 15 year period 1984-1998. There were 67 women and 21 men. The patients undergone subtotal thyroidectomy followed over the 6 month, except total thyroidectomy, were 76. Fifty patients (65.7%) were euthyroid, 6 (7.9%) were euthyroid with elevated TSH, 9 (11.8%) were recurrent hyperthyroidism and 11 (14.5%) had hypothyroidism. There was no relationship between remnant thyroid weights and postoperative thyroid function. After operation there were three cases (3.4%) of transient recurrent nerve palsy and one case of hypof unction of parathyroid glands.
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  • Manabu Mogitate, Akinori Kida, Kanako Hiroshige, Sohei Eudo
    1999 Volume 9 Issue 3 Pages 149-152
    Published: December 30, 1999
    Released on J-STAGE: February 25, 2011
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    Superficial hypopharynx hemangioma is generally treated by KTP laser, however, we used Holmium YAG laser in this case. Hemangioma was located at the pirif orm sinus. We have performed laser treatment on the surrounding normal tissue of the hemangioma and completely excised it without tracheotomy and with less bleeding. In comparison to Holmium YAG laser and other types (KTP or NdYAG) of laser, Holmium YAG laser is reported to be less damage to neighbor tissues. This case appeared to get good course and laryngeal edema was not observed through the admission. The indication of using Holmium YAG laser treatment is considered to depend on the size of tumor, diameter smaller than 2cm, and to be situated superficial The authors considered the effectiveness of Holmium YAG laser.
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  • Yoshihiro Terayama, Masaaki Yonemoto, Takeshi Naitou, Hirotaka Osafune ...
    1999 Volume 9 Issue 3 Pages 153-158
    Published: December 30, 1999
    Released on J-STAGE: February 25, 2011
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    Verrucous carcinoma, a variant of squamous cell carcinoma, was first described as a distinct clinical and histopathological entity by Ackerman in 1948. In this paper, a verrucous carcinoma of the tongue occarring in a 55-year-old man is reported. The patient was treated by neoadjuvant chemotherapy (CDDP, PEP) and surgical resection. There was neither local recurrence nor distant metastasis for 10 months. For adovanced tumors, neoadjuvant chemotherapy appears to be significantly effective. 82 cases of verrucous carcinoma of the oral cavity, reported in Japanese literature, were reviewed.
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  • Mamiko Yasuda, Kazuhiro Tonouchi, Akikuni Kiyomoto, Masaaki Yonemoto, ...
    1999 Volume 9 Issue 3 Pages 159-163
    Published: December 30, 1999
    Released on J-STAGE: February 25, 2011
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    A 74-year-old woman complained of right frontal headache. A smooth swelling was found in the sphenoid sinus of the right nasal cavity. A CT-scan revealed a mosaic soft tissue density lesion occupying the right sphenoid sinus. The patient underwent a right transnasal sphenoidectomy. A dark brownish mass was removed. Pathological finding was resulted mucormycosis. Mucormycosis is an opportunistic infection and its pathogenic nature becomes evident when the patient's general resistance has been altered by metabolic disorders or chemotherapeutic agents. However, in this case we did not find any underlying disorder. Numbers of case reports about fungal sinusitis has been increased, but mucormycosis originating in the sphenoid sinus is rarely reported. Sphenoid sinus mycosis, reported in Japanese literature, were reviewed.
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