Otolaryngology Research and Reviews Archives

Review Article | 10.36959/926/559 Volume 5 Issue 1

Powered Endoscopic Septoplasty - How We Do It and Literature Review

Authors: Aderito De Sousa F, MD, PhD and Maria Jose Zamora S, MD

Functional endoscopic sinus surgery has become the standard of care for obstructive and inflammatory disease of the paranasal sinuses and microdebriders or shavers have also been one of the surgical t... Read more

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Case Report | 10.36959/926/558 Volume 5 Issue 1

Myeloid Sarcoma in the Ear Followed by Labyrinthine Hemorrhage: A Rare Presentation of Late Relapse in Acute Myeloid Leukemia

Authors: Lucas Resende Lucinda Mangia, Nicole Tássia Amadeu, Ícaro de Almeida Toledo Pires, Flávia Sprenger, Katiane Bortolini Zenatti and Patrícia Zadorosnei Rebutini

Myeloid sarcoma (MS) is an immature myeloid cells tumor that might occur in acute myeloid leukemia (AML) even without bone marrow involvement. We present a rare case of an 18-year-old teenager who dev... Read more

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Research Article | 10.36959/926/557 Volume 4 Issue 1

Does Arsenic Exposure Have a Role in Development of Thyroid Disease?

Authors: Argha Nath, MSc, Shaoni D Sanyal, MS, DNB and Ranjan Raychowdhury, MS, FRCSEd, MFSTEd

Several animal studies indicate arsenic toxicity can affect thyroid hormone metabolism. There is no study in the English scientific literature of the relationship between thyroid disease and arsenic e... Read more

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Case Report | 10.36959/926/556 Volume 4 Issue 1

Dislodged Gastrostomy Tube in a Delirious Patient with Advanced Laryngeal Cancer

Authors: Mitchell L, Asimakopoulos P, Shakeel M and Ah-See KW

A 71-year-old female patient undergoing radiotherapy for head and neck cancer received a radiologically inserted gastrostomy (RIG) tube due to dysphagia and high risk of aspiration. Previous to this, ... Read more

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Case Report | 10.36959/926/555 Volume 4 Issue 1

Cilioretinal Artery Occlusion after Endoscopic Sinus Surgery: A Rare and Hardly Remembered Complication

Authors: Renata Bigolin Siviero, MD, Carlos A. Moreira-Neto, PhD, Marcello de Quadros Ribeiro, MD, Luiz Gustavo Nocera, MD, Rafaela Bigolin Siviero, MD, Thiago Sasso Carmona de Souza, MD, Guilherme Simas do Amaral Catani, PhD, Rogério Hamerschmidt, PhD, Carlos A. Moreira Jr., PhD

The proximity between nasal and sinus structures and the orbit causes ocular complications to occur with some frequency in endoscopic sinus surgery (ESS). Among them, vascular ones are rare. Only 3 ca... Read more

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Case Report | 10.36959/926/554 Volume 4 Issue 1

Mini Caldwell-Luc - How We Do It

Authors: Shaoni D Sanyal, MS, DNB and Ranjan Raychowdhury, MS, FRCSEd, MFSTEd

Functional endoscopic sinus surgery has become the standard of care for chronic sinus disease. However, even with angled endoscopes it is difficult to visualize the entire maxillary sinus and a failur... Read more

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Case Report and Literature Review | 10.36959/926/553 Volume 3 Issue 1

Early Tracheostomy Suture Removal for Better Swallowing? A Case Report and Literature Review

Authors: E Berryhill McCarty, Liuba Soldatova, Kyle Lees, Natasha Mirza, and Randy Dubin

To draw attention to the impact of prolonged tracheostomy suture retention on post-tracheostomy swallow dysfunction, we present a clinical case of improved dysphagia following removal of tracheostomy ... Read more

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Case Report | 10.36959/926/552 Volume 2 Issue 1

Malignant Peripheral Nerve Sheath Tumor with Loss of SMARCB1 and Diffuse S1000 Expression Arising in a Trigeminal Nerve Schwannoma

Authors: Melissa Zheng, BA, Zhonghua Li, MD, PhD, Carolyn L Mulvey, MD, Arthur P Staddon, MD, David W Kennedy, MD and Virginia A LiVolsi, MD

Malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumors (MPNSTs) are rare sarcomas of the nerve sheath that infrequently involve the head and neck region. The few reports of MPNSTs arising from benign schwannoma pr... Read more

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Questionnaire Validation | 10.36959/926/551 Volume 1 Issue 1

Validation of the Portuguese Version of Hyperacusis Questionnaire and Comparison of Diagnostic Skills with Loudness Discomfort Levels

Authors: Sandra Bastos and Tanit Ganz Sanchez

Hyperacusis is a condition entailing increased sensitivity or unusual intolerance to ordinary environmental sounds that would not usually be bothersome, threatening or uncomfortably loud to most indiv... Read more

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Review Article | 10.36959/926/550 Volume 1 Issue 1

Neuromodulation on Tinnitus Perception and Distress

Authors: Sandra Bastos and Tanit Ganz Sanchez

Tinnitus is defined as a cortical phantom sound perception in the absence of an appropriate external stimulus. It has an estimated prevalence of 10% to 15% in the adult population and about 20% of the... Read more

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Case Report | 10.36959/926/549 Volume 1 Issue 1

Unusual Nasal Foreign Body in a Cleft Palate Children: A Case Report

Authors: Gilberto Eduardo Marrugo Pardo, Carlos Julian Adarme Gomez, Juan Sebastian Parra Charris and Luis Felipe Romero Moreno

Nasal foreign bodies are frequent in children; nevertheless those who include palate and nasal cavity are rare. We present an unusual foreign body that affects the nose and hard palate, in patient wit... Read more

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CLINICAL IMAGE | 10.36959/926/548 Volume 1 Issue 1

Clinical Image: Olfactory Bulb and Tract Aplasia/Hypoplasia on MRI

Authors: Prasanth Pattisapu and Elton M Lambert

Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is commonly ordered in the workup of the anosmic patient. Anosmia is associated with relatively reduced olfactory bulb and tract (OBT) volumes on MRI in a variety of c... Read more

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RETROSPECTIVE COHORT STUDY | 10.36959/926/547 Volume 1 Issue 1

Results of the Conservative Surgery for Laryngeal Cancer

Authors: Felipe Guilherme da Silva Souza, José Luiz Ortiz Bogado, and Rogério Aparecido Dedivitis

The techniques of partial laryngectomy are based on the compartimentalization of the larynx and their aims are to provide the oncologically radical excision and to preserve the laryngeal function.... Read more

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CASE REPORT | 10.36959/926/546 Volume 1 Issue 1

Extranodal NK/T-Cell Lymphoma, Nasal Type with Thrombocytopenia

Authors: Masafumi Ohki , Shigeru Kikuchi, Atsushi Ohata, Tsukasa Sugiki, Yuka Kitano and Masato Yamada

Extranodal NK/T-cell lymphoma, nasal type (ENKTL) is a highly malignant and aggressive lymphoma. A 48-year-old woman with nasal obstruction, facial swelling, fever, and headache was found to have nasa... Read more

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CASE REPORT | 10.36959/926/545 Volume 1 Issue 1

Myopericytoma of the Maxillofacial Region: A Report of Two Cases

Authors: Alexander Valasidis, Konstantinos Vahtsevanos, Athanassios Kyrgidis, Aggeliki Baliaka and Vasiliki Kaloutsi

Myopericytoma (MPC) was accepted as a separate entity by the World Health Organization in 2002 and it describes a lesion which comprises of myoid-like oval to spindle-shaped cells with a concentric pe... Read more

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Short Communication | 10.36959/926/544 Volume 1 Issue 1

Risk of External Ear Canal Skin Injury by an Unsheathed Straight Drill and Safety of a Sheathed Curved Drill for Transcanal Endoscopic Ear Surgery

Authors: Masafumi Ohki, Shigeru Kikuchi and Sunao Tanaka

Ear surgery has commonly been performed under microscopy. The microscopic surgical view angle is straight; therefore, many important structures and spaces are hidden behind obstacles. However, endosco... Read more

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Original Research | 10.36959/926/543 Volume 1 Issue 1

Treatment and Prevention of Severe Primary Postoperative Hemorrhage in Obstructive Sleep Apnea-Hypopnea Syndrome Surgery

Authors: Renyi Hei, Jie Qin, Jimin Bao, Dahai Wu and Shuhua Li

A total of 1505 patients with OSAHS underwent surgical treatments. Based on the time periods, the patients were divided into three consecutive phases. Patients from the first phase to the third phase ... Read more

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Case Report | 10.36959/926/542 Volume 1 Issue 1

Oral, Pharyngeal and Laryngeal Lesions in Mucous Membrane Pemphigoid and Usefulness of Narrow Band Imaging

Authors: Masafumi Ohki, Shigeru Kikuchi, Atsushi Ohata, Tsukasa Sugiki, Yuka Kitano and Masato Yamada

Mucous membrane pemphigoid is a relatively rare disorder involving mucosal lesions. Here, we report two cases of mucous membrane pemphigoid. This report is the first to discuss narrow band imaging of ... Read more

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Case Report | 10.36959/926/541 Volume 1 Issue 1

Resistant Posterior Semicircular Canal BPPV with Changing Oculomotor Pattern Solved with Mastoid Vibration Application

Authors: Mario Faralli, Ruggero Lapenna, Valeria Gambacorta, Giampietro Ricci and Luca D'Ascanio

The use of mastoid vibration in addition to repositioning maneuvers for the treatment of benign paroxysmal positional vertigo of the posterior semicircular canal (PSC-BPPV) was described for the first... Read more

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