A previously healthy 67-year-old man was referred to the otolaryngology department due to a progressively worsening sore throat associated with unintentional weight loss and night sweats. What is your diagnosis?
Importance For decades, the 3 therapeutic pillars for head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC) have been radiation therapy, chemotherapy, and surgery. In recent years, a fourth pillar, immunotherapy, has shifted the existing paradigm of oncologic care by improving survival outcomes….
Importance The most recent US clinical practice guideline (CPG) for tinnitus was published in 2014. The US Department of Veterans Affairs (VA)/US Department of Defense Tinnitus Clinical Practice Guideline Work Group recently completed a new guideline. The work group consisted of…
Two brothers, aged 69 and 76 years, were independently referred in the same week for evaluation of a right olfactory cleft tumor that had been progressively developing over several years. Computed tomography demonstrated bilateral masses causing widening of the olfactory…
A patient in their mid-30s presented with pain and swelling involving the bridge of their nose. What is your diagnosis?
A 65-year-old woman presented with a 2-week history of worsening, painful, right-sided neck swelling with dysphagia, odynophagia, and fever. What is your diagnosis?
A 59-year-old patient experienced months of progressively worsening left nasal obstruction. Physical examination revealed a papillomatous-appearing mass completely occupying the left nasal cavity. What is your diagnosis?
A 12-year-old boy with no relevant medical history presented with a left maxillary gingival swelling of 4 years duration associated with palatal tipping of the left maxillary central incisor. What is your diagnosis?
A 60-year-old female patient presented with odynophagia and dysphagia and was found to have left-sided erythematous oropharyngeal bulging. What is your diagnosis?
A 32-year-old female patient presented with chronic discharging sinus with recurrent infection at the left sternoclavicular joint. What is your diagnosis?
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