[Value of preserving mandibular continuity in transmandibular bucco-pharyngectomy. Apropos of 11 cases]. / Intérêt de la conservation de la continuité mandibulaire dans les bucco-pharyngectomies transmandibulaires. A propos de 11 observations.

84 transmandibular bucco-pharyngectomies were carried out over 6 years between 1983 and 1988. Eleven, i.e. 13%, were performed with preservation of mandibular continuity. Histological examination of resected bone fragments did not demonstrate any bony invasion in 65 cases; in contrast, in 8 cases, extension of the tumour to involve bone was likely due to the topography of the tumour and the results of pre-operative X-ray examination.

[Anatomo-radiologic diagnosis of mucoceles in the paranasal sinuses]. / Diagnostic anatomo-radiologique des mucocèles des sinus para-nasaux.

The diagnosis of mucoceles of the facial sinuses is essentially based on CT scans. The authors define here the main features of these benign tumours, the evolution of which is sometimes formidable.