OBJECTIVE: This study was to investigate the clinical symptoms, characterization of imaging technique and the effect of endonasal endoscopic surgery. METHOD: Following 38 cases of isolated sphenoid sinus disease patients, among whom 35 cases treated with nasal sinus CT (including 5 cases of MRI at the same time), 3 cases undergoing sinus MRI, 1 cases going through the CT cisternography. All patients underwent endoscopic sphenoid otomy, of which 33 cases underwent nasal olfactory cleft approach, 5 cases anterior ethmoid sinus and posterior ethmoid sinus approach (Messerklinger technology). RESULT: All patients were followed up for more than half a year, of which 34 were recoverd and 4 were improved. No obvious complications came up during or after endoscopic surgery. CONCLUSION Isolated sphenoid sinus disease clinical symptoms are not typicaland without specialty; nasal examination had no positive sign, only with headache as the chief neurological symptom, often difficult to diagnose at an early stage. The CT and MRI are the best methods for the diagnosis of isolated sphenoid sinusitis. The nasal endoscopic operation is the preferred method for treatment of this disease.
Adolescent ; Adult ; Aged ; Child ; Endoscopy ; Female ; Follow-Up Studies ; Humans ; Male ; Middle Aged ; Paranasal Sinus Diseases ; diagnosis ; surgery ; Retrospective Studies ; Sphenoid Sinus ; Treatment Outcome ; Young Adult

The clinical manifestations of the disease include dysphagia, foreign body sensation in pharyngeal, retrosternal pain and regurgitation. Physical examination showed a sausage-shaped mass hanging outside the mouth, sometimes. CT scan demonstrated a benign placeholder in upper segment of esophagus. Surgery is the only way to achieve radical cure. Pathological examination: inflammtory fibroid polyp.
Deglutition Disorders ; Esophagus ; pathology ; Humans ; Hypopharynx ; pathology ; Pharynx ; Polyps ; pathology ; Tomography, X-Ray Computed

OBJECTIVE To explore the condition of the cellular immune function of children with obstructive sleep apnea hypopnea syndrome(OSAHS) and its change after operation METHODS Eighty children diagnosed as OSAHS were included in this study. T lymphocyte subsets and NK cells of the blood were measured before operation and one month after operation respectively. Children without the related disorders or systemic disease were recruited as control group.RESULTS Before operation, CD4+T cell percentage, CD4+/CD8+ ratio and NK cell percentage in OSAHS children were significantly lower than that in the control group[(26.19±3.38)%vs (5.10±4.09)%, (0.90±0.19)%vs (1.61±0.52)%, (11.45±4.35)%vs (13.73±3.78)%,P<0.05], CD8+T cell percentage was significantly higher than that in the control group[(30.02±5.50)%vs (22.31±3.42) %,P<0.05]. The difference, between the two groups, in CD3+T cells was not statistically significant. After operation, the CD4+T cells, CD8+T cells, CD4+/CD8+ ratio, the percentage of NK cells and CD3+T cells showed no significance difference compared with that before operation (P>0.05). CONCLUSION OSAHS may damage the cellular immune function. The operation does not reduce the cellular immune function in the short term.