Abstract Background Foreign body aspiration is common in children, but there are no clinical clues that can determine or rule out the diagnosis before entering the operating room for bronchoscopy….
Abstract Purpose The purpose of the study was to determine the prognostic significance of the ratio between metastatic and examined lymph nodes to the survival rate of patients with squamous…
Abstract Purpose The purpose of this study was to determine the more important growth factor expression between basic fibroblast growth factor (bFGF) and vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) in the…
Abstract Tubular occlusion from red blood cell casts secondary to immunoglobulin A nephropathy (IgAN) is a rare, serious complication of tonsillitis that can cause acute renal failure, also referred to…
Abstract The presence of perineural invasion (PNI) with cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma portends a poor prognosis. PNI may be detected radiographically or clinically, with motor or sensory deficits, and is…
Abstract Objectives The aims of this study were to (1) describe a false-positive result using a highly sensitive intraoperative parathyroid hormone (PTH) assay in an adult patient with primary hyperparathyroidism…
Abstract Benign paroxysmal positional vertigo is a common cause of vertigo. We describe a previously unreported case of this clinical entity in a young, fit recreational water diver, having experienced…
Abstract Purpose This study aimed to evaluate ( a ) specific histologic findings in children with periodic fever, aphthous stomatitis, pharyngitis, and cervical adenitis (PFAPA) syndrome who had tonsillectomy and…
Abstract Objective The aim of this study is to review the outcome of pediatric patients suffering from acute mastoiditis treated conservatively and to correlate this to the evolution of our…
Abstract Objectives To describe middle ear ventilation route blockage, relieved during middle ear endoscopic surgery, and to analyze its association with mastoid hypopneumatization/sclerotization. Study design Prospective case series with intraoperative…
