The results of this study confirm the high local complication rate of salvage surgery for oropharyngeal cancer and the poor overall survival.

IntroductionTo the best of our knowledge, the association of nasopharyngeal and laryngeal tuberculosis has never been described before in the literature. We report here a first observation.Case presentationWe report the case of a 38-year-old Arab man who presented with an isolated hoarseness. Radiological and endoscopic examinations showed a thickening of the left lateral wall of his nasopharynx and the left vocal cord. Pathology revealed the diagnosis of tuberculosis of both localizations. He received a 6-month antituberculous chemotherapy with a satisfying uneventful evolution.ConclusionsTuberculosis should be considered in the differential diagnosis of soft tissue masses of the head and neck, particularly when the imaging findings and clinical presentation are atypical. The diagnosis of tuberculosis is mainly based on histopathological and/or bacteriological examination.

IntroductionChondrosarcoma metastases in the thyroid gland are exceptional. To the best of our knowledge, only two cases have been previously reported in the literature. Here we report the third case.Case presentationWe report the case of a 51-year-old Arab woman who presented in 2011 with a diaphyseal chondrosarcoma of her right tibia treated by surgery. In the last quarter of 2013, she presented a hard mass in her thyroid gland with dyspnea and a right laryngeal paresis. She underwent a debulking surgery with tracheostomy in order to prevent difficulty in respiration. The final pathology revealed the diagnosis of a chondrosarcoma metastasis within her thyroid gland. She died several days later.ConclusionsEven if primary and metastatic chondrosarcomas of the thyroid gland are exceptional, they should be considered in the differential diagnosis of thyroid gland masses. The prognosis is poor but surgery may help preserve quality of life.

Les lymphangiomes kystiques cervico-thoraciques sont des tumeurs bénignes rares, ils proviendraient d'une séquestration du sac lymphatique embryonnaire qui se remplirait progressivement de liquide lymphatique. Le diagnostic est évoqué par la clinique (tuméfaction latéro-cervicale) et l'imagerie (échographie et tomodensitométrie), puis confirmé par l'histologie après la chirurgie qui constitue la base du traitement. Nous rapportons un cas de lymphangiome kystique cervico-thoracique avec une revue de la littérature.

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