? Sarcoma of Ethmoid and Antrum

A Case of Sarcoma of the Upper Jaw with Sinusitis of the Antrum of Highmore

Fibrous dysplasia of ethmoid.

FIBROUS dysplasia is a peculiar clinical entity, which is of interest to the Otolaryngologist, because at times it involves one of the paranasal sinuses. Fibrous dysplasia of the bone is the name applied by Lichtenstein (1938) to a polyostotic or monostotic condition apparently due to a perverted activity of the specific bone-forming mesenchyme. It is most frequently localized in the femur, tib...

Aspergilloma of the ethmoid.

SINCE the early records of aspergillus infections of the upper respiratory tract in man (Zarniko 1891; Schubert 1885), there have been sporadic reports in the literature from various parts of the world. These give the impression that while the incidence of the infection naturally varies in different countries, it is on the whole_uncommon_ (Andersen and Stenderup 1956; Montreuil 1955), but has b...

Bacteriology of acute and chronic ethmoid sinusitis.

Aspirates from 26 acutely and 17 chronically infected ethmoid sinuses were studied. Thirty-seven aerobes and 10 anaerobes were recovered from isolates from patients with acute sinusitis. Streptococcus pneumoniae and Haemophilus influenzae were predominant. Twenty-seven aerobes and 41 anaerobes were found in isolates from patients with chronic sinusitis. The predominant isolates were anaerobic g...

Synovial Sarcoma of the Head and Neck: A Case of Childhood Soft Tissue Sarcoma

Although rare, synovial sarcoma is the most common malignant non-rhabdomyosarcomatous soft tissue sarcoma in children and adolescents. Synovial sarcoma typically involves the soft tissues of the extremities, especially near large joints, but it can occur anywhere in the body in locations far from joint spaces. Although this tumor typically affects adults in their fourth decade of life, nearly h...