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Bacterial meningitis (BM) is a severe infectious disease, which causes significant morbidity and mortality up to 30%. BM can be classified into community-acquired or nosocomial form. Post-neurosurgical meningitis (PNM), a ...

Deep neck infections are most commonly caused by spreading of odontogenic or tonsillopharyngeal infections. They are often purulent inflammations or abscesses of the floor of the mouth or fascial planes of the neck. ...

Tinnitus is the perception of sound in the absence of any external noise. It severely impairs the quality of life in 1-2% of people. Tinnitus is frequently associated with depression, anxiety, and insomnia. The exact ...

In head and neck surgery, there is generally a 1–1.5% risk of cardiac and cerebrovascular complications. However, risk of these events in head and neck cancer surgery is less well established. Smoking and heavy alcohol ...

Radiotherapy plays an integral part in the treatment of head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC). Despite rigorous investigation spanning several decades, no molecular biomarkers are currently available for the ...

Nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) is a malignant tumour arising from the surface epithelium of the nasopharynx. NPC is a rare cancer type in Northern Europe, and approximately ten new cases are diagnosed in Finland yearly. ...

The treatment of chronic middle ear infection often includes surgery, which addresses areas of the middle ear and the mastoid cavity affected by the infection. Several factors favor the filling of the opened mastoid cavity ...

Avainsanat: PET, PET/TT, pään ja kaulan alueen syöpä, [18F]EF5, [18F]FDG, hypoksia, molekulaarinen kuvantaminen, sädehoidon suunnittelu Positron emission tomography (PET), combined with computed tomography (CT),plays ...

Obstructive Eustachian tube dysfunction is the inability of the Eustachian tube to sufficiently open in order to ventilate the middle ear and can result in acute otitis media, or even chronic otitis media with or without ...

Swallowing difficulty, or dysphagia, is a common symptom resulting from aging, disease, or stress-related mechanisms (functional dysphagia). Dysphagia affects physical and mental health, quality of life, and social ...