teratomas are tumors originated from mature or immature tissues. teratomas are made up of one embryonic layer or all three embryonic layers (endoderm, mesoderm, or ectoderm). herein we report a 41-year-old man who presented with vertigo, vomiting, and tinnitus. after physical examination, laboratory evaluation and performing computed tomography, cholesteatoma was diagnosed, however, during radi...

The incidence of solitary brain stem abscess is less than 4% of all posterior fossa abscesses, and probably less than 1% of all intracranial abscesses. Two cases are reported, both presenting as chronic progressive clinical problems and initially diagnosed as gliomas. It is suggested that aspiration is a more suitable treatment than excision, and that in cases secondary to otogenic disease, rad...

Patients who have had middle-ear or mastoid surgery are at an increased risk of developing cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) otorrhoea. The CSF leak is usually from defects in the tegmen or posterior cranial fossa. We present a patient with CSF otorrhoea following a modified radical mastoidectomy seven years ago. There was an unusual communication between the internal auditory meatus (IAM) and the midd...

OBJECTIVE : Management of pediatric cholesteatomas remains controversial. We reviewed our 16-year experience in the surgical treatment of cholesteatomas in children and describe a treatment paradigm. STUDY DESIGN : The authors conducted a retrospective review. METHODS : A total of 106 mastoidectomies (86 for an acquired cholesteatoma and 20 for a congenital cholesteatoma) were performed in ...

Objective: To determine the relative frequency of various parts of temporal bone eroded by cholesteatoma. Place and duration of study: This was a combined study conducted in the ENT Departments of Postgraduate Medical Institute, Hayatabad Medical Complex, Peshawar, and Lady Reading Hospital Peshawar. The study took place over a period of 5 years from January1, 2007 to December 31, 2011. Sample ...

Introduction  Chronic otitis media can cause multiple middle ear pathogeneses. The surgeon should be aware of relation between ossicular chain erosion and other destructions because of the possibility of complications. Objective  This study aimed to investigate the rates of ossicular erosion in cases of patients with and without facial nerve canal destruction, who had undergone mastoidectomy du...

Objective: Describe the clinical course and management of a labyrinthine cyst associated with a labyrinthine fistula arising in a longstanding cavity after a canal wall down mastoidectomy. Study Design: Case report. Setting: University Hospital, tertiary referral center. Patients, Intervention, and Results: A 71-year-old woman who underwent left radical mastoidectomy at age 7 was referred to ou...

OBJECTIVES This study aims to investigate the frequency and management of complications of chronic suppurative otitis media (CSOM). PATIENTS AND METHODS Out of 376 patients with CSOM, 44 patients (25 males, 19 females; mean age 48.5±3.5 years; range 21 to 76 years) meeting study criteria were enrolled in this descriptive cross sectional study which was conducted at the Department of Ear Nose ...

Chronic suppurative otitis media (CSOM) is a communal ailment of the middle ear Objective: To compare hearing status with and without reconstruction after modified radical mastoidectomy. Methods: 40 total patients (the Atico-antral variety) who endured mastoidectomy (MRM) or were enrolled in study. The subjects alienated into 2 groups depending on surgical procedure. Patients done but was not a...