[Rhabdomyosarcoma of soft palate. A case on purpose]. / Rabdomiosarcoma de paladar blando. A propósito de un caso.

The rabdomiosarcoma (RMS) are infrequent tumors. They are principally described in infancy and located in 35% of the cases in head and neck. The nasopharynx localisation is relatively rare, being in these cases the tongue, palate and oral mucosa the preferent places of establishment. Classically the patient presented very low standard healing with surgery and radiotherapy. The introduction in the middle 70 of systematic chimiotherapy as complementary treatment, improved the survival rate in large scale. In this article the case of an adolescent patient, who presented a RMS at the level of the soft palate, the diagnostic procedure and the therapeutic decision adopted, after revision of the last studies at this respect, are described.

[Malignant external otitis. A pattern to bear always in mind]. / Otitis externa maligna. Un cuadro a tener siempre presente.

Malignant external otitis (M.E.O.) is a severe and rare affection, consisting in an infection of the external auditory canal (EAC) whit extension and compromising the structures of the skull base, produced mainly by Ps. Aeruginosa in patients affected by diabetes type II of long evolution and or deterioration of the immunity system. We present a case of a patient affected by this pathology, commenting the caracteristics of this disease, how we arrived to the diagnosis, and the evolution of the case with an exclusively medical treatment.

[Big profound cervical abscess in a diabetic patient]. / Gran absceso cervical profundo en paciente diabético.

With antibiotics and an increasing dental care and hygiene, the profound neck spaces infections have decreased their incidence. Nevertheless we can found them in the clinical practice, and they present a big morbidity and severe complications. We present in this paper a case of profound cervical abscess in a diabetic patient, discussing the clinical and therapeutics aspects.