No abstract available.
Tracheal Stenosis*

No abstract available.
Hemangiosarcoma* ; Nasal Cavity*

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Vertigo is an illusion of environmental movement due to various causes, thus it is hard for medical doctors to determine the exact kind of dizziness in the final diagnosis. Recently, cervical vertigo was reported from several vertigo cases. Cervical vertigo is defined as sensation of rotation, resulting from an alteration of the neck proprioceptive afferents of the upper cervical spine. The aim of our study is to document the clinical features and the treatment outcomes in vertigo patients with myofascial pain syndrome (MPS). SUBJECTS AND METHOD: A total of 488 patients, excluding 18 patients who received other diagnosis, were examined to investigate the reasons for dizziness. We evaluated 34 patients, who were diagnosed with cervical vertigo by questionnaire after MPS treatments. Clinical evaluations for cervical vertigo were performed on all subjects, and vestibular function tests were also performed in patients with vertigo symptoms. All patients received a total of 4 treatments including trigger point injection, physical therapy or medication, and then followed up, respectively. The symptom changes of dizziness, patient satisfaction and cervical pain were checked before and treatment 1, 2, 4 times by Visual Analogue Scale (VAS) score. RESULTS: There were significant improvement in the VAS score of dizziness, patient satisfaction and cervical pain after treatment for MPS. CONCLUSION: Treatment for MPS could improve dizziness in cervical vertigo with MPS patients, but further study is needed to clearly confirm the cervical vertigo with MPS for improving patient's quality of life.
Diagnosis* ; Dizziness ; Facial Neuralgia ; Humans ; Illusions ; Myofascial Pain Syndromes ; Neck ; Neck Pain ; Patient Satisfaction ; Quality of Life ; Surveys and Questionnaires ; Sensation ; Spine ; Trigger Points ; Vertigo* ; Vestibular Function Tests

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: ZLow frequency hearing loss is known to be the most common hearing loss form in Meniere's disease (MD) and episodic dizziness with low frequency sensorineural hearing loss is considered a very crucial symptom for the diagnosis of MD. However, flat or high frequency hearing loss is also commonly encountered in the Ear, Nose and Throat clinic. The aim of this study is to investigate the differences in clinical manifestation between episodic dizzy patients with low frequency hearing loss (LFHL) group and non-low frequency hearing loss (non-LFHL) group. SUBJECTS AND METHOD: We reviewed medical records of 78 patients (36 of LFHL group and 42 of non-LFHL group) who had episodic dizziness with unilateral hearing loss and analyzed clinical characteristics according to hearing loss pattern. RESULTS: The clinical features of LFHL include a predominance of female sufferers, high incidence of tinnitus and short duration of dizziness. There was no significant difference in frequency, nature of dizziness, and results of vestibular function test. Although the proportion of patients diagnosed with definite MD was higher in LFHL group at initial and final diagnosis, there were no statistically significant differences between two groups. CONCLUSION: Therefore, when episodic dizziness is accompanied with unilateral hearing loss, not only low frequency but flat or high frequency hearing loss could be considered as a critical sign for possible progression to Meniere's disease and careful observation should be taken.
Diagnosis ; Dizziness* ; Ear ; Female ; Hearing Loss* ; Hearing Loss, Sensorineural ; Hearing Loss, Unilateral* ; Humans ; Incidence ; Medical Records ; Meniere Disease ; Nose ; Pharynx ; Tinnitus ; Vestibular Function Tests

Chronic otitis media is defined as a condition associated with a perforation of the tympanic membrane with a history or existence of otorrhea. Chronic silent otitis media refers to chronic pathologic condition behind an intact tympanic membrane, which may be clinically undetected or undetectable. Because this chronic pathology is undetected, there is a lack of clinical treatment, which increases the risk of complications and sequelae. Otogenic intracranial complications in intact tympanic membrane are usually reported in pediatric patients with acute otitis media and are rare in immune-competent adult patients. We report two cases of immune-competent patients who suffered from intracranial complications of chronic silent otitis media, one leading to a lateral sinus thrombophlebitis and the other leading to meningitis.
Adult ; Humans ; Lateral Sinus Thrombosis ; Meningitis ; Otitis ; Otitis Media ; Tympanic Membrane

Myeloid sarcoma is a rare solid, extramedullary tumor composed of immature granulocytes, occurring in a granulocytic leukemia. In rare cases, they can represent the initial manifestation of a relapsed form in patients with acute myelogenous leukemia in remission status. There have been only a few reports of myeloid sarcoma involving the temporal bone. We report a case of facial nerve paralysis caused by temporal bone myeloid sarcoma as the presenting symptom of leukemic relapse in a 27-year-old female, who was affected by acute myelogenous leukemia.
Adult ; Facial Nerve ; Female ; Granulocytes ; Humans ; Leukemia, Myeloid ; Leukemia, Myeloid, Acute ; Paralysis ; Recurrence ; Sarcoma, Myeloid ; Temporal Bone

Foreign bodies in the upper digestive tract are frequently encountered accidental cases in otolaryngologic fields. Oropharyngeal foreign bodies consisting of polyurethane foam have never been reported. Moreover, foreign bodies penetrating into the parapharyngeal space of neck are rare but when it does, it may also cause extensive neurovascular injuries. Polyurethanes are widely used in manufacturing industries but serious hazards of these materials have not been reported. In this article, we report a man who, presented with foreign bodies that entered as a result of an explosion of polyurethane foam in the oral cavity. The foreign body had entered into the parapharyngeal space, very close to the vertebral artery.
Explosions ; Foreign Bodies ; Gastrointestinal Tract ; Mouth ; Neck ; Pharynx ; Polyurethanes ; Vertebral Artery

No abstract available.
Cerebrospinal Fluid Rhinorrhea* ; Cerebrospinal Fluid*

No abstract available.
Apnea* ; Humans

Tracheobronchopathia osteochondroplastica (TO) is a rare benign disease of trachea characterized by numerous osseocartilaginous nodules protruding into the tracheobronchial lumen. The etiology of TO is unknown; however, an association with upper respiratory diseases such as atrophic rhinitis has been suggested. The authors report a case of TO with atrophic rhinitis with related literatures.
Osteochondrodysplasias ; Rhinitis, Atrophic ; Trachea ; Tracheal Diseases