[Metastasis from hypernephroma to the parotid gland]. / Metástasis de un hipernefroma en la glándula Parótida.

Report of a carcinoma of renal clear cells, or hypernephroma, metastasized to parotid gland, in a 63 years old man. The occurrence of a mass progressively growing in link parotid was the early manifestation of the illness and the postsurgical anatomopathological study discovered the primary growth sitting in the kidney. Bibliographical survey of the subject and clinical, diagnostical and therapeutic features of this case as well.

[Lingual thyroid. A case report]. / Tiroides lingual. A propósito de un caso.

Account on a tongue thyroid case and bibliographic review of the subject. It is an anomaly due to the thyroid gland not come down. Symptomatic cases are scarce (around 400 reported in the literature). Diagnosis is basically scintigraphic. When there are symptoms management should begin with thyrotoxine. More severe instances require surgical exeresis.

[Tracheobronchial foreign body in the laryngectomized patient]. / Cuerpo extraño traqueobronquial en paciente laringectomizado.

We report a case of aspiration of a foreign body in the left tracheobronchial tree occurring in a laryngectomy, operated one year previously. The accident presented by fracture of the inner tracheostomy cannula. The literature is reviewed in order to explain possible causes of tracheostomy tube components breakage and to suggest methods for preventing such complications.

[Mastoid osteosarcoma]. / Osteosarcoma de mastoides.

A case of osteogenic sarcoma of the mastoid region of the temporal bone in a 28-year-old male is reported. The rarity of the site is emphasized and the fundamental clinical and therapeutic features are discussed. The literature is reviewed.

[Incidence of nasopharyngeal cancer in La Rioja (Spain). Epidemiological aspects]. / Incidencia del cáncer de nasofaringe en La Rioja. Aspectos epidemiológicos.

A retrospective study was made of patients with nasopharyngeal carcinoma diagnosed at the Hospital San Millán of La Rioja (Spain), between August 1989 and August 1995. Epidemiological and clinical factors, and their relation to findings from other regional studies, were examined. Most patients had stage III and IV (1986 UICC/AJCC staging system) disease, which indicates that the diagnosis tended to be late. Primary care physicians should consider this disease in cases of nasal obstruction, nosebleed, or seromucous otitis in adults.