[Multiple pilomatrixomas associated with Steinert disease]. / Pilomatrixomas múltiples asociados a enfermedad de Steinert.

A rare case of pilomatrixomas associated with Steinert's disease is reported. The patient had 14 tumors which were surgically excised and analyzed under the microscope. Such association seems to be much more common than in the general population. Besides these patients usually have multiple tumours and a positive familial history. This suggest a predisposition to the appearance of these tumours.

[Open rhinoplasty: outcomes of 100 cases]. / Rinoplastia abierta: resultados de 100 casos.

Open rhinoplasty is a technique that allows a sharper evaluation of nasal deformities since a visual diagnosis may be done. We present a review of the cases in which an open rhinoplasty was performed in our department in the last five years. Preoperative and postoperative data are recorded in a standardized form in order to facilitate their analysis. The techniques used for each type of nasal deformity (dorsal and basal) are described and the results discussed.

[Glottic liposarcoma: a first case in the national literature]. / Liposarcoma glótico. Primer caso en la literatura nacional.

Liposarcoma is a tumour of mesenchymal origin. Only between 3-8 percent of the total amount of cases are localized in the head and neck. Laryngeal sitting is an extremely rare occurrence. The AA. inform about the case princeps published in the national literature. It deals with an 83-years-old woman presenting a polypoid tumor on the left vocal cord. The diagnosis could be confirmed through immunochemistry which verified the positivity of the proliferative cellularity for vimentine and protein S-100, immunophenotype consistent with liposarcoma. 36 months later the patient, alive, remains tumor-free.

[Zenker's diverticulum. Four cases]. / Divertículo de Zenker. Cuatro casos.

The pharyngoesophageal diverticulum (Zenker's diverticulum) is a pathology not often found, but it is responsive of dysphagia and other unpleasant ailments experienced for the patients, who generally must be submitted to surgery. The AA. describe the surgical procedure followed at their ENT-Department at Hospital General de Alicante and also some clinic-pathological features verified. Review about the literature on the subject. The conclusion drawn out remark the feasibility and the effectiveness of this method of diverticulectomy associated to the cricopharyngeal myotomy. The dissection is easied introducing strips of gauze into the diverticular sack and retaining the oesophagoscope inside the organ during the procedure.

[Anterior reconstructive glottecomy]. / Glotectomía anterior reconstructiva.

Shallow lesions of the glottis spreading to both sides of the middle line (T1b) have special characteristics under the viewpoint of its resection, because of the neighbourhood of the anterior commissure. Frontal and frontolateral techniques require a reconstructive step in order to avoid synechiae. The AA. report 35 cases with glottis reconstruction following several procedures: skin pedicled flap or epiglottoplasty. As the results almost the totality of the laryngectomees were "cured" after 5 years follow-up, and a high percentage of them free of tracheostomy tube.