The fly-catching syndrome (FCS) is a rare canine condition of sudden, occasional, or constant episodes of biting the air. It may be accompanied by jumping, licking, and swallowing. The etiology of FCS is unknown and controversial. Various explanations for its occurrence have included epileptoid disorders such as visual cortex epileptiform disturbances and simple and complex partial seizures as ...

A 26-year-old female was diagnosed with acute myeloid leukemia (AML-M2 subtype with normal cytogenetics) 2 years previously. She was induced with conventional 3 : 7 induction chemotherapy (daunorubicin; cytosine arabinoside) and consolidated with three high doses of cytosine arabinoside. After chemotherapy, the patient remained in remission for 1.5 years. A written informed consent was obtained...

BACKGROUND According to anecdotal findings, some wrestling coaches and wrestlers believe that cauliflower ear might lead to hearing loss. Our preliminary study showed that the prevalence of hearing loss reported by the wrestlers with cauliflower ear is significantly higher than this rate among wrestlers without cauliflower ear. To the best of our knowledge, no other study has confirmed this fin...

BACKGROUND Deafness is the hidden disability of childhood, and leads to poor educational and employment prospects. There is little published information on deafness in Pakistan. Profound hearing impairment is more prevalent in countries where consanguineous marriages are common, such as Pakistan. This study aimed to assess causes of childhood deafness and association with parental consanguinity...

Acoustic trauma is a common reason for hearing loss. Different agents are used to prevent the harmful effect of acoustic trauma on hearing. The aim of this study was to evaluate the potential preventive effect of Nigella sativa (black cumin) oil in acoustic trauma. Our experimental study was conducted with 20 Sprague Downey female rats (mean age, 12 months; mean weight 250 g). All of the proced...

OBJECTIVE Myringoplasty is successfully performed in children since many years. However still considerable controversy surrounds the subject of proper timing of surgery and other factors influencing the success rate. The aim of this study was to assess the results of myringoplasty in children and to determine which factors influence the postoperative results. MATERIAL AND METHODS Retrospectiv...

Sensorineural hearing loss is a common and important source of disability among the workers and often caused by occupational noise exposure. Aims of the study were to determine the prevalence and contributing factors of hearing loss among airport workers. A cross-sectional study was carried out at an airport in Malaysia. This study used stratified sampling method that involved 358 workers who w...

OBJECTIVE To identify the risk factors for otitis media with effusion (OME) in some kindergarten children in Wuhan City of China and analyze the results with reference to the review of the literature. METHODS The study subjects were 3 to 6 years old children drawn from a school screening program for OME in Wuhan. All subjects were assessed with routine otorhinolaryngologic examination, otosco...

OBJECTIVES The primary goal of this study was to evaluate alternative tympanometric parameters for distinguishing normal middle ears from ears with otosclerosis. A secondary goal was to provide guidelines and normative data for interpreting multifrequency tympanometry obtained using the Virtual 310 immittance system. DESIGN Nine tympanometric measures were examined in 68 normal ears and 14 ea...

OBJECTIVE To determine the efficacy of coamoxiclav in children aged 6 months to 12 years with recurrent acute otitis media. DESIGN A randomised double blind placebo controlled clinical trial. SETTING General practice in the Netherlands. PATIENTS 121 children with recurrent acute otitis media, defined by onset of otalgia and otoscopic signs of middle ear infection within four to 52 weeks a...