Importance Head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC) is a challenging malignant condition associated with significant morbidity and mortality. Salvage surgery, in addition to other available treatment modalities, constitutes an important therapeutic intervention for locoregionally recurrent HNSCC, offering the potential for…
Importance Otolaryngologists share many important characteristics with elite athletes, including specialized skill development through rigorous training, complex motor activity under pressure, and performance with high stakes. Applied sports psychology emerged to help athletes develop the intangible skills necessary to succeed in…
A male infant presented with an anterior midline tongue indentation. What is your diagnosis?
A 48-year-old woman presented with episodic headaches, light sensitivity, and a painful, pulsating mass on her forehead. What is your diagnosis?
A 66-year-old man presented with a persistent cough, multiple bilateral pulmonary nodules, intrathoracic lymphadenopathy, a partially calcified left supraclavicular lymph node, a left thyroid nodule, and left level IV neck lymph nodes with calcifications. What is your diagnosis?
A 69-year-old woman was referred due to widespread gingival swelling, which had been worsening over the preceding 3 months and was unresponsive to antibiotic treatment. Gingival biopsy showed areas of chronic inflammation, microabscess foci, and pseudoepitheliomatous hyperplasia of the covering…
A 13-year-old male presented with a 7-month history of a painless, progressively enlarging mass in the right parotid region. What is your diagnosis?
Importance Deep learning (DL), a subset of artificial intelligence, uses multilayered neural networks to uncover complex patterns in large datasets without manual feature engineering. Unlike traditional machine learning, DL autonomously learns hierarchical representations from raw data, offering distinct advantages for analyzing…
A 61-year-old man presented to the otolaryngology clinic with a 2-month history of progressive hoarseness, dysphagia, odynophagia, and persistent globus sensation. What is your diagnosis?
A 31-year-old female presented with a progressively enlarging left submandibular mass and history of pleomorphic adenoma of the left submandibular gland. What is your diagnosis?
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