Objective: To evaluate the incidence and factors associated with suicidal ideation in a sample of resident physicians from two institutions. Materials and methods: A descriptive, observational, prospective and cross-sectional study was carried out to estimate the suicidal ideation and associated factors with the Plutchik Suicide Risk Scale among resident physicians from two hospitals between September and October 2022. Descriptive statistics were used with measures of central tendency and dispersion, as well as relative and absolute frequencies. In addition, Pearson’s chi-square goodness of fit test and Kruskal-Wallis H test were used to examine the differences between specialties, and Tukey’s Honest Significant Difference test to determine which specialty was different. Results: A total of 225 surveys were answered, out of which 20 were eliminated due to inadequate completion, leavi...

Background: Mucosal melanoma represents one of the pathologies with a lower proportion among tumors of the nose and paranasal sinuses and as a consequence late diagnoses. Objective: To present the case of a male patient in the sixth decade of life with nasal mucosal melanoma and a systematic review of studies reported from 2016 to 2021. Results: The systematic search was carried out from January 2016 to December 2021 in PubMed, Google Scholar and Elsevier; 147 articles that meet the 19 criteria were located. Conclusion: The injury was prevalent in women, there was a higher prevalence in the seventh and eighth decades. The main lesions were epistaxis and nasal obstruction, involved the nasal cavity and paranasal sinuses and the left side was the most common involved. There was high frequency of advanced disease stages and distant metastases and generally with poor 5-year survival.

Background: Lymphangiomatous polyps of the palatine tonsils are rare benign lesions. This entity originates from the lymphoid stroma intermixed with parenchyma, being different from papillary hyperplasia, representing approximately 1.9% of tonsillar neoplasms. Objective: To present a case report and systematic review of the pediatric cases published in the literature. The report case: A systematic review was carried out following the PRISMA guidelines of the reports in PubMed, Elsevier, Google Scholar from 2010 to 2021. 18 articles were found of which 8 females and 10 males were found, the mean age was 14 years, in 15 lesions were unilateral. All cases reported the presence of lymphatic vessels in the histopathological exam. Conclusion: There is variability with age with a similar distribution between genders, being rare there is heterogeneity in its denomination.

Objetive: A bifid nose is a rare congenital anomaly that occurs during embryological development of the nose. In 1939, Esser published a series of 11 cases. Case Report: Here we present the case of a girl who was born with a forked nose that was managed with a tracheostomy to secure the airway. Later, at 6 months of age, she underwent a first intervention to improve the external appearance of the nose.