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A case of fatal congenital cholesteatoma in a 71-year-old patient is reported. The presenting symptom was facial paralysis, which was treated symptomatically by a general practitioner and ophthalmologists. Ear discharge, convulsion and coma appeared as final events. It is emphasized that all cases
We report a case of a petrous apex cholesteatoma which was managed with a wholly endoscopic permeatal approach. A 63-year-old Caucasian male presented with a 10-year history of right-sided facial palsy and profound deafness. On examination in our clinic, the patient had a grade VI House-Brackmann
OBJECTIVE
Cholesteatoma of the paranasal sinuses is a rare pathology. A review of the literature reported less than 30 cases. These lesions mainly involve the frontal sinus.
METHODS
A 25-year-old man presented with a right painful fronto-orbital mass associated with an ipsilateral eyelid oedema and
OBJECTIVE
To evaluate hearing impairment in children with Down syndrome, and to describe the factors that influence the severity of hearing loss or changes in hearing over time.
METHODS
Using the Audiological and Genetic Database (AudGenDB), audiograms of children with Down syndrome were analyzed
This paper presents a case of a 28-year-old male with a seizure episode and a 4-year history of intermittent tinnitus on the left ear. On computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging, a density with rim enhancement was found at the temporal lobe, associated with mastoid tegmen destruction and
The paper contains a clinico-morphological description of a case with late sequelae of treated tubercular meningitis. The patient at 7 years of age had tuberculous meningitis which was treated by suboccipital and endolumbar administration of streptomycin. Following 12 years, epileptical seizures
The number of brain abscesses has been reduced since the preantibiotic era. This was accomplished by judicious use of antibiotics, by the advent of computed tomography, and by improvements in patient care and surgical techniques. Analysis from 122 patients with brain abscess demonstrated this trend
We present clinical and developmental data on a patient with a de novo recombinant pseudodicentric bisatellited chromosome 22 associated with a partial trisomy 22pter-22q12.1. The patient was evaluated at birth and followed-up until 21 years of age. Clinical findings include facial and digital
OBJECTIVE
Because of its location and the fragility of its physiology, the frontal sinus is the first of the facial sinuses to cause complications. In this context, orbital sepsis, cranial vault osteitis, meningitis, cerebral abscess, longitudinal sinus thrombophlebitis can occur. A more uncommon
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Pneumocephalus is the presence of air or gas within the cranial cavity. It can occur following otorhinolaryngological procedures. A small pneumocephalus spontaneously heals without any treatment. In severe cases, conservative therapy includes a 30-degree head elevation, avoidance of the