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Demodicidosis is the skin disease which can affect both humans and animals. It is caused by Demodex mites. Demodectic infestation as a single skin tumor is rare and it is likely to be misdiagnosed as a malignant neoplastic disease of the skin. The authors present a case of a 54-year-old patient admitted to the Head And Neck Neoplasms Surgery Department of Medical University in Lodz due to skin ulceration localized on the left frontal part of the hairless skin of the face. Basal cell carcinoma was suspected. Demodex mites were found in the histopatological examination. Demodicidosis should be considered in clinical differentiation of diseases manifesting as multiple or single skin symptoms. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Tuberculosis is an infectious disease caused by strains of Mycobacterium. World Health Organisation estimates annual incidence of tuberculosis for 8.8 milion of new cases. As much as 7988 new cases of pulmonary tuberculosis were recorded in Poland in 2007. Extrapulmonary tuberculosis was detected in 628 patients. This article reports a rare case of mediastinal and cervical abscess in the course of the isolated tuberculosis of the lymph nodes treated in the ENT Department of Mazowiecki Specialists Hospital in Siedlce. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Introduction: Tumors of parotid gland represent a diverse group of neoplasms with varied clinical behaviors., Material and Methods: The diagnostic methods and treatment of salivary gland tumors are presented in this paper. The authors describe the group of 44 patients with salivary gland tumors treated surgically in ENT Departament Laryngology of Medical University in Łódź. Enucleation, partial and total parotidectomy were performed. Neurosign 100 unit was used during parotidectomy to monitoring course of facial nerve., Results: Tumor mixtus was a dominate type of tumors. Only three patients with malignant tumor had facial nerve paralysis after surgery., Conclusions: (1) The extent of the surgical procedure depends on histopathologic diagnosis. (2) Using of facial nerve monitoring during parotid surgery improves its outcomes.