UNLABELLED Foreign bodies of the external ear are very common; the same can not be said about foreign bodies of the middle ear, especially of the Eustachian tube. CASE PRESENTATION Alcoholic and psychopathic patient presented a foreign body (barbecue wooden stick) purposefully introduced in his middle ear and Eustachian tube during an act of delinquency. The foreign body was stuck in the tube...

Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma (NPC) is a highly happening disease. Eustachain tube atrisia after radiotherapy is easy to occur in NPC patients. This study presented 2 cases of re-opening of Eustschian tube atresia after radiotherapy for NPC patients. Two female cases (62 and 64 y old; receiving postradiothapy 6 and 20 y ago, respectively) were diagnosed with Eustachian tube pharyngeal orifice atrisi...

Adenoidectomy and tonsillectomy are the most common major operations done on children. The indications for tonsillectomy in certain clinical situations are constantly being debated in the literature and among professionals. We studied the efficacy (or lack of it) of adenotonsillectomy for chronic tonsillitis (recurrent throat infections), oral nasal obstruction, peritonsillar abscess, eliminati...

Otitis media and otitis media with effusion are among the most common childhood illnesses and contribute a great deal to health care costs. The cause of otitis media is multifactorial. Eustachian tube dysfunction, bacterial or viral infection of the middle ear, and nasal inflammation resulting from allergic rhinitis or upper respiratory infection are acknowledged contributing factors. Data from...

BACKGROUND Eustachian tube dysfunction is common and implicated in persistent middle ear disease. Recent studies suggest the promise of balloon dilatation of the Eustachian tube to modify local anatomy and physiology, restoring normal function. OBJECTIVES A literature review of the outcomes of balloon dilatation of the Eustachian tube was conducted, assessing four criteria (tympanometry, otos...