9: STANDARDIZED EXTRACTS
CHAPTER 9 Standardized Extracts In attempting to find a more consistent and accurate way to measure the strength of allergy extracts, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has, in its…
1: THE PLACE OF ALLERGY IN CLINICAL MEDICINE
CHAPTER 1 The Place of Allergy in Clinical Medicine The importance of allergy as a vital element in clinical medicine has become strongly established only in recent years. The burgeoning…
Prosthetic Rehabilitation: Intraoral and Extraoral Prostheses
30 Prosthetic Rehabilitation: Intraoral and Extraoral Prostheses Betsy K. Davis and David J. Reisberg Core Messages • Defects of the maxillofacial complex are due to tumor surgery, a congenital condition,…
Ethmoid and Anterior Skull Base Neoplasms
15 Ethmoid and Anterior Skull Base Neoplasms Gilad Horowitz, Dan M. Fliss, and Ziv Gil Core Messages • Tumors of the nasal cavity and paranasal sinuses account for only 3%…
Surgical Reconstruction
29 Surgical Reconstruction Oleg Militsakh and Jason Jay Miller Core Messages • Oncologic surgery is a prominent modality in the treatment of head and neck cancers. • The majority of…
Xerostomia and Hyposalivation in Patients with Cancer
27 Xerostomia and Hyposalivation in Patients with Cancer Crispian Scully and Joel B. Epstein Core Messages • Hyposalivation has a major effect on patients with head and neck cancer during…
Endoscopic Approaches to the Anterior Skull Base
33 Endoscopic Approaches to the Anterior Skull Base Edward D. McCoul, Theodore H. Schwartz, and Vijay Anand Core Messages • Endoscopic endonasal approaches offer a minimal-access but maximally invasive alternative…
Benign Aggressive Jaw Tumors
24 Benign Aggressive Jaw Tumors Eric R. Carlson and G. E. Ghali Core Messages • Although slow-growing, benign odontogenic tumors can be as destructive and life threatening as the more…
Cancers of the Lip and Oral Cavity
10 Cancers of the Lip and Oral Cavity Suhail I. Sayed and A. K. D’Cruz Core Messages • Cancers of the lip and oral cavity are unique and occur with…
Paragangliomas of the Head and Neck
9 Paragangliomas of the Head and Neck David Myssiorek Core Messages • Paragangliomas are slow-growing neuroendocrine tumors that can exhibit multicentricity, rare biochemical activity, uncommon malignancy, and may be genetically…
