The posttraumatic cholesteatoma is a rare complication of different types of the temporal bone damage. Its diagnosis is often done after several years of evolution, sometimes even at the stage of complications. A case of posttraumatic cholesteatoma is presented that was revealed by a facial nerve paralysis 23 years after a crash of the external auditory canal underlining the importance of the o...

A 5-year-old child living in Erzurum, Turkey, complaining of otalgia, otorrhea and pruritus in the right ear for three days, was examined. Otoscopic examination at the Department of Otorhinolaryngology revealed live maggots in the external auditory canal. Ten maggots were recovered and were identified as third stage larvae of Wohlfahrtia magnifica (Diptera: Sarcophagidae). Local and systemic an...

An 8-year-old girl was noticed by her parents to be less attentive and she would respond only after being called several times. She had just recovered from an upper respiratory tract infection two weeks before. The parents brought her to see a primary care physician. The patient had no other complaints, and the rest of the history was unremarkable. Physical examination was normal except for the...

UNLABELLED This study aimed at describing and analyzing tympanometric results obtained with 226 Hz and 1000 Hz probe tones; checking for correlations between tympanometry, otoacoustic emissions and otoscopic examination; describing abnormal results found in the evaluation procedures. METHODS Double-blind and prospective study. Our sample included 70 babies, between 7 days and one month and 13...

OBJECTIVES To evaluate the accuracy of spectral gradient acoustic reflectometry (SGAR) in children aged 6 to 24 months, and to compare SGAR with tympanometry. DESIGN Comparison of diagnostic tests. SETTING Inner-city primary care center in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. PARTICIPANTS A total of 786 healthy children aged 6 to 24 months. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES Test characteristics of SGAR (sensi...

OBJECTIVES/HYPOTHESIS The aim of this study was to assess the effect of the central inset pharyngeal flap, used for correcting persistent velopharyngeal incompetence after cleft palate repair, on Eustachian tube (ET) function. METHODS This study included 28 patients who were diagnosed with persistent velopharyngeal insufficiency following primary cleft palate repair, together with otitis medi...

1. Summary Objective: To 1) indicate methods of diagnosis and testing for acute otitis media (AOM) in children (<15 years); and 2) recommend methods of treatment in accordance with the evidence-based consensus reached by the Subcommittee on Clinical Practice Guidelines for the Diagnosis and Management of AOM in Children (Subcommittee on Clinical Practice Guidelines), in light of the causative b...

Bacground:Otitis media with effusion [OME] is a common chronic but silent disease of middle ear in children and the commonest cause hearing impairment, delayedlanguage development altered quality life.Though surgical management treatment choice now alternative medical steroid nasal spray well accepted. Aim this study: In prospective, randomized placebo control study we want to observe efficacy ...

Glomus tympanicum, a hypervascular tumor in the middle ear, is usually suspected based on pulsatile tinnitus and retrotympanic reddish mass on otoscopic examination. These hallmarks may be masked by other middle ear diseases. Herein, we report an unusual case of the extensive glomus tympanicum masqueraded as chronic granulomatous otitis media, which was extirpated without preoperative embolizat...