[Abrikosoff's tumor of the soft palate. A case report]. / Tumor de Abrikossoff del paladar blando. Aportación de un caso.

Abrikossoff's tumor or granular cell tumor is an infrequent benign neoplasm, accurately described by Abrikossoff in 1926. We report the case of a young man, 19-year-old, affected with an Abrikossoff's tumor, sitting on the soft palate. After the timely perusal of the subject, we emphasize the peculiarity of the palatine localisation as well the importance of anatomical pathology in order to get a correct diagnosis of these neoformations of soft's parts.

[Acute external otitis: retrospective study of 170 cases]. / Otitis externas agudas: estudio retrospectivo de 170 casos.

170 external otitis have been diagnosed and treated for one year (1989) in our ENT department. The etiology of the otitis was both bacterial and mycotic. The purpose of this paper is to study the clinical, therapeutic, epidemiologic and microbiologic aspects of this type of otitis.