cholesteatoma/asthenia

Facial palsy is a rare presenting feature of cholesteatoma. Prompt treatment usually results in a good outcome, but if treatment is delayed the prognosis can be difficult to predict. We retrospectively reviewed 326 consecutive patients who had undergone temporal bone surgery for cholesteatoma.

Although much has been written about the central nervous system infectious complications of otitis media, little has been written about intracranial extension of cholesteatoma in chronic otitis media. The records of 13 patients from the House Ear Clinic with chronic otitis media and cholesteatoma

BACKGROUND It is difficult to differentiate patients with cerebellopontine angle (CPA) cholesteatoma and patients with primary trigeminal neuralgia just according to early symptoms. We aimed to explore the clinical characteristics, early diagnosis, and microneurosurgical techniques for CPA

The authors report 5 cases of congenital cholesteatoma of the temporal bone where the diagnosis was made earlier in each successive case. The first diagnosis was made on the basis of a total paralysis of the facial nerve, the last was made on the basis of a transitory paralysis of the facial nerve

OBJECTIVE We present a case of a middle-aged male struck by lightning while walking in a parking lot. Assessment of the patient's injuries demonstrated common sequelae of an otologic blast injury. Review of this case should prepare the otolaryngologist to identify and manage otologic blast injuries

OBJECTIVE To find the etiology, frequency, and prognosis of delayed facial nerve weakness (DFW) in our department after intact canal wall tympanomastoidectomy for a tubotympanic (TT) type of chronic suppurative otitis media (CSOM) without cholesteatoma. METHODS Retrospective case

The diagnosis and treatment of petrous apex cholesteatoma is a difficult surgical challenge. This study is a review of 14 cases of cholesteatoma involving the petrous apex. These cholesteatomas originated as a congenital primary lesion or secondary to an acquired lesion. The cases were evaluated

Current approaches for resection of petrous bone cholesteatomas (PBCs), such as canal wall up (closed) and canal wall down (open) mastoidectomies, in the pediatric population present recurrence rates ranging between 17% and 70% with a high rate of postoperative complications involving hearing loss

BACKGROUND A cochlear implant is a small electronic device that can provide a sense of sound to a person who is profoundly deaf or severely hard-of-hearing. Cochlear implants bypass the damaged hearing systems and directly stimulate the auditory nerve. Signals generated by the implant are sent by

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

A 73-year-old female visited her local doctor after repeatedly experiencing temporary weakness in her left upper and lower extremities. The patient underwent a cervical magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scan and was diagnosed with right internal carotid artery stenosis. Despite administration of

The implantation of young children is widely accepted as a means of rehabilitating profoundly/totally deaf children. This paper will review the surgical aspects of implanting young children based on the first 50 children implanted in the Nottingham paediatric cochlear implant programme. Having

OBJECTIVE To present a series of patients with facial nerve schwannomas (FNSs) presenting as occluding external auditory canal (EAC) masses. METHODS Retrospective case series. METHODS Four patients were identified with mastoid segment FNSs occluding the EAC. Three patients presented with conductive

BACKGROUND Surgical approaches to the jugular foramen are often complex and lengthy procedures associated with significant morbidity based on the anatomic and tumor characteristics. In addition to the risk of intra-operative hemorrhage from vascular tumors, lower cranial nerves deficits are

The absence of facial twitching, weakness, or palsy makes the diagnosis of facial neuroma difficult. The authors report a case of neuroma of the horizontal portion of the facial nerve masked by the presence of a chronic ear. A woman with a long history of discharge and hypoacousia in her left ear