Purpose: This study describes a machine-learning approach utilizing patients' anatomical changes to predict parotid mean dose changes in fractionated radiotherapy for head-and-neck cancer, thereby facilitating plan ad...
With the increasing incidence of salivary gland tumors, partial parotidectomy has become more common, leading to a rise in the occurrence of parotid fistula post-surgery. Parotid fistula can cause redness and erosion ...
BACKGROUND Lung cancer(LC)is the leading cause of malignancy-related deaths worldwide.The most common sites of metastasis include the nervous system,bone,liver,respiratory system,and adrenal glands.LC metastasis in th...
Kimura’s disease is a rare chronic affection of unknown etiology, endemic in the far east with a net male predominance. We present the case of a 37-year-old female patient who developed a tumor process in the left pa...
Parotid gland tumors are common and mostly benign.The main treatment is surgical excision.The conventional surgical procedure,progressing from shallow to deep tissue,usually comprises three steps:first,exposing of sup...
BACKGROUND Intercalated duct lesions(IDLs)are considered relatively benign and rare tumors of salivary glands,that were only described recently.Their histopathological appearance may range from ductal hyperplasia to e...
Parotidectomy is the mainstay treatment for tumors of the parotid gland.In an effort to improve clinical outcomes,several modern surgical techniques and perioperative interventions have been evaluated and refined.This...
Objective:Salivary gland tumors account for 6%-8%of head and neck neoplasms with the parotid gland as the most common primary site.Pleomorphic adenomas(PA)are considered the most common benign parotid gland neoplasms,...
International Science and Technology Cooperation Project of Jilin Province Science and Technology Department,China,No.20200801077GH;Science and Technology Project of Jilin Provincial Department of Finance,China,No.JCSZ2019378-8;Jilin Provincial Development and Reform Commission Project,China,No.2019C051-5.
BACKGROUND Mammary analogue secretory carcinoma(MASC)is a rare low-grade malignant salivary gland tumor.The morphological and immunohistochemical features of MASC closely resemble those of breast secretory carcinoma.T...
Background: The spindle cell lipoma is a rare benign tumor that originated from subcutaneous adipose tissue. It is a slow growing lesion and may become voluminous causing the patient an aesthetic disf...