The Annals of Otology, Rhinology & Laryngology back issues from July 2003:
Acute edema of the tongue: A life-threatening condition
Jul 01, 2003; ... Acute macroglossia is rare, but may cause upper airway obstruction requiring emergency intervention. The cause of the problem is often obscure. Edema of the tongue may be due to angioedema or to allergy. We present several cases of acute edema of the tongue, in 3 cases causing life-threatening ...
Room tilt illusion as a manifestation of peripheral vestibular disorders
Jul 01, 2003; ... Room tilt illusion is a subjective distortion of verticality with transient paradoxical rotation of the visual field, usually in the frontal plane. It might result from dysfunction of the vestibular pathways with subsequent contradictory vestibular, visual, and proprioceptive inputs and ...
Malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumor of the parotid gland
Jul 01, 2003; ... Malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumor (MPNST) has been defined as any malignant tumor arising from or differentiating toward cells of the peripheral nerve sheath. We treated a case of MPNST arising from the right parotid gland that showed a highly aggressive course. We reviewed the ...
Videofluoroscopic and manometric evaluation of swallowing function in patients with multiple system atrophy
Jul 01, 2003; ... We investigated swallowing function of 29 patients with multiple system atrophy (MSA) by videofluoroscopy and manometry. Abnormal findings in videofluoroscopy were generally consistent with those in Parkinson's disease. Although findings of videofluoroscopy were not correlated with a history of ...
Effect of growth factors on hyaluronan production by canine vocal fold fibroblasts
Jul 01, 2003; ... Hyaluronan (HYA) is considered to be a crucial factor in scarless wound healing and in maintaining tissue viscosity of the vocal fold lamina propria. In this study focusing on the effects of growth factors, we examined how HYA is produced and controlled in canine cultured vocal fold fibroblasts ....
Pathology of benign paroxysmal positional vertigo revisited
Jul 01, 2003; ... The pathophysiology of benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (BPPV) is not completely understood. Although the concept of degenerated otoconia transforming the posterior canal (PC) crista into a gravity-sensitive sense organ has gained popular support, several temporal bone (TB) series have ...
Blue rubber bled nevus syndrome: Immunohistochemical study
Jul 01, 2003; ... Blue rubber bleb nevus is a rare entity consisting of distinctive angiomas in the skin and gastrointestinal tract, leading to occult or profound gastrointestinal bleeding and chronic anemia. The efficacy has been documented of systemic treatment with corticoids, interferon, vincristine, and, ...
Stomal recurrence following total laryngectomy: Clinical and molecular analysis of a series
Jul 01, 2003; ... The aim of the present study was to analyze the risk features and to discuss the preventive measures and treatment of stomal recurrence (SR) after total laryngectomy (TL), and to investigate the clonal relationship between the primary and recurrent lesions. We reviewed a series of 25 patients ...
Noise-induced autoimmune sensorineural hearing loss
Jul 01, 2003; ... Typically, autoimmune sensorineural hearing loss has been described as a slowly progressive, asymmetric hearing loss that is responsive to medications traditionally used in the treatment of other autoimmune conditions. These medications include steroids and cytotoxic drugs. Inciting factors in ...
Prevalence of nasal polyps in adults: The Skovde population-based study
Jul 01, 2003; ... Patients with nasal polyps present repeatedly in otorhinolaryngology practices, but the prevalence of nasal polyps in the general population is not known. Our objective was to investigate the prevalence of nasal polyps in an adult Swedish population in relation to age, gender, asthma, and ...
Value-based approach to power-assisted adenoidectomy
Jul 01, 2003; ... A recognized disadvantage of power-assisted adenoidectomy (PAA) is the increased patient charge associated with the disposable instrumentation. The elimination of pathological review of routine adenoid specimens may provide a means of offsetting the increased charge, as 1) unsuspected findings ...
Imaging case study of the month: Fibrous dysplasia of the temporal bone
Jul 01, 2003; ... INTRODUCTION Fibrous dysplasia is a bone disorder of unknown origin in which normal bone is replaced with fibrotic tissue and disorganized bone trabeculae. The disease was first described by McCune and Bruch1 and Albright et al2 in separate publications in 1937. The term fibrous ...
Pathogenesis and methods of treatment of Zenker's diverticulum
Jul 01, 2003; ... In the literature, various theories concerning the cause of Zenker's diverticulum have been propounded. I believe that an anatomic predisposition plays a prominent role in the pathogenesis. This conclusion will be discussed in light of a study of the literature and characteristics of a series of ...
Extension of nasopharyngeal lymphoma to the middle and external ear
Jul 01, 2003; ... We describe a patient with nasopharyngeal lymphoma who was admitted for chemotherapy. At admission, otoscopic examination revealed a large polyp occluding the left external ear canal. The polyp was removed, and histopathologic examination showed the same tumor that was found previously in the ...
Lateral upper arm free flap for primary reconstruction of pharyngeal defects in ablative oncological surgery: Report of six consecutive cases
Jul 01, 2003; ... Free microvascular flaps are an established method for soft tissue reconstruction following ablative oncological surgery in the head and neck. Functional reconstructions of the hypopharynx and the pharyngoesophageal segment (PES) are of particular relevance, as they are highly demanding surgical ...