CONCLUSION Open reduction through an intercartilaginous incision was useful for treating delayed-diagnosed nasal bone fractures because it resulted in a successful outcome with minimal complications. OBJECTIVES Nasal bone fractures are generally managed with closed reduction, which is usually inadequate and results in airway obstruction with a delayed diagnosis of nasal bone fracture when bon...

Airway mucosal surfaces are potentially subjected to a variety of oxidant stresses. Airway submucosal glands secrete a variety of compounds that may protect the airways from injury. Cholinergically induced nasal submucosal gland secretion has recently been found to contain a low molecular weight nasal antioxidant. In this report, the isolation and identification of this nasal secretory antioxid...

ABSTRACT Cryptococcosis is an important systemic mycosis with worldwide distribution that affects men and also domestic wild animals. The infection acquired by inhalation of the fungus or basidiospores present in environment may manifest as localized nasal ocular injury, pulmonary illness or, less commonly, meningoencephalomyelitis. Long-term treatment necessary, prognosis reserved. This paper ...

Manocha and colleagues [1] found in a retrospective study on the association of beta-agonist use and lung injury a shorter duration and less severity of lung injury in patients on aerosolized beta-agonists. In their discussion of possible causes they and the investigators of the beta-agonist lung injury trial [2] did not comment on the effect of beta-agonist treatment on pulmonary chloride tran...

A 55-years-old woman presented with profound sudden loss of vision in left eye (LE) after an injury a road side accident. She had normal right eye. Left perception light (PL) accurate projection (PR) all quadrants, total hyphema, chemosis supero-nasal conjunctiva and intraocular pressure (IOP). B-scan LE showed extrusion the lens into subconjunctival space called phacocele, vitreous hemorrhage....

We describe an interesting case of pneumomediastinum secondary to cocaine abuse. The patient presented with severe chest pain following nasal inhalation of a large quantity of cocaine. Investigations revealed no chest injury; however oesophagitis was proven leading to a possible aetiology of oesophageal microperforation. After conservative management there was spontaneous resolution of the pneu...