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UNLABELLED Otomycosis is a fungal infection of the external ear canal with only a few studies about its real frequency in Brazil. AIM to evaluate otomycosis frequency and characteristics in patients with clinical suspicion of external otitis. STUDY DESIGN Retrospective study with transversal cohort (2000-2006). MATERIALS AND METHODS 103 patients were assigned to mycological diagnosis (dir...

Malignant (necrotising) external otitis is an invasive infection of the external auditory canal. Although elderly patients with diabetes remain the population most commonly affected, immunosuppressed individuals (eg, from HIV infection, chemotherapy, etc) are also susceptible to malignant external otitis. Pseudomonas aeruginosa is isolated from the aural drainage in more than 90% of cases. The ...

BACKGROUND Ceruminous gland neoplasms are rare neoplasms. To date, a large clinicopathologic study of benign ceruminous gland neoplasms has not been reported. DESIGN Forty-one cases of ceruminous gland adenomas diagnosed between 1970 and 2000 were retrieved from the files of the Armed Forces Institute of Pathology. Histologic features were reviewed, immunohistochemical analysis was performed ...

Introducción: La acumulación excesiva de cerumen en el conducto auditivo externo es causa común consulta áreas primer contacto y otorrinolaringología. Las técnicas tradicionales limpieza incluyen la administración cerumenolíticos, lavado, micro succión instrumentación con curetas. Estas pueden presentar inconvenientes como falla, ser desordenadas, consumir mucho tiempo para su realización o res...

Objectives: This study evaluated the results of hearing screening program in school-age children our region and their etiologies. Patients Methods: The audiometry 6,073 first-year primary school students (2,915 males, 3,158 females; mean age: 75.6±3.9 years; range, 66 to 84 years) performed between January 2019 March 2020 were retrospectively scanned from Ministry Health National Hearing Screen...