Grave's disease is an autoimmune disorder and affects thyroid gland and orbit. Ocular manifestations of this disease, referred to as Grave's ophthalmopathy are caused by deposition of antithyroglobulin immune complexes into extraocular muscles and orbital fats. Consequent increase in volume of orbital contents results in exopthalmos. Severe exopthalmos results in several significant visual consequences as follows: exposure keratitis, diplopia and optic neuropathy. Orbital decompression for Grave's ophthalmopathy has traditionally been performed through either an external or a transantral approach. The advent of intranasal endoscopes allowed for the development of a transnasal approach for medial and inferior orbital wall decompression. Recently, the authors experienced a case of Grave's ophthalmopathy complicated with exposure keratitis and performed endoscopic transnasal orbital decompression, so report this case with a review of literature.
Antigen-Antibody Complex ; Decompression* ; Diplopia ; Endoscopes ; Fats ; Keratitis ; Muscles ; Optic Nerve Diseases ; Orbit* ; Thyroid Gland

Osteomas are benign tumors of membraneous bones, often arising in the calvaria or paranasal sinuses. Osteomas usually grow no larger than 2cm in diameter and are asymptomatic except when they interfere mechanically with joints, soft tissues, or with drainage of the paranasal sinuses. We have reported a giant osteoma in an adult having right eye protrusion and pain and interference of eye ball movements. The mass was totally removed by transcranial route successfully with no development of significant complications. The mass extremely hard and well circumscribed and enormous dimensions extended into right frontal, ethmoid sinuses, orbital cavity and root and nasal cavity.
Adult ; Drainage ; Ethmoid Sinus ; Humans ; Joints ; Nasal Cavity ; Orbit ; Osteoma* ; Paranasal Sinuses ; Skull*

No abstract available.
Acute Lung Injury* ; Oxygen* ; Sus scrofa*

Angiolymphoid hyperplasia with eosinophilia is a disorder of the skin and subcutaneous lesion of unknown cause. It is characterized by painless, vascular tumor-like nodules of various size, primarily affecting the head and neck region. The histological hallmark of angiolymphoid hyperplasia with eosinophilia is a benign angiomatous or angioma-like proliferation within the background of the stroma, which is heavily infiltrated by lymphocytes and eosinophils, and includes lymphatic follicles with prominent germinal centers. The authors have recently experienced a case of angiolymphoid hyperplasia with eosinophilia in a 29-year old male who had painless and enlarging nodules in the nasal cavity and the buccal mucosa for a year. We present this case with the review of literatures.
Adult ; Angiolymphoid Hyperplasia with Eosinophilia* ; Eosinophils ; Germinal Center ; Head ; Humans ; Lymphocytes ; Male ; Mouth Mucosa ; Nasal Cavity ; Neck ; Skin

The levoatriocardinal vein is an uncommon pulmonary venous abnormality that connects the left atrium or pulmonary vein with the systemic vein. It is distinct from partial anomalous pulmonary venous return in that the former forms a connection with the left atrium through the normal pulmonary vein whereas the latter involves pulmonary venous drainage to the systemic vein. Herein, we describe a case of the levoatriocardinal vein initially misdiagnosed as a pulmonary arteriovenous malformation using chest radiography and chest CT. The levoatriocardinal vein combined with pulmonary venous varix was confirmed using pulmonary angiography.To the best of our knowledge, this unusual coexistence of the levoatriocardinal vein and pulmonary venous varix has not been reported in English literature.

The levoatriocardinal vein is an uncommon pulmonary venous abnormality that connects the left atrium or pulmonary vein with the systemic vein. It is distinct from partial anomalous pulmonary venous return in that the former forms a connection with the left atrium through the normal pulmonary vein whereas the latter involves pulmonary venous drainage to the systemic vein. Herein, we describe a case of the levoatriocardinal vein initially misdiagnosed as a pulmonary arteriovenous malformation using chest radiography and chest CT. The levoatriocardinal vein combined with pulmonary venous varix was confirmed using pulmonary angiography.To the best of our knowledge, this unusual coexistence of the levoatriocardinal vein and pulmonary venous varix has not been reported in English literature.