Oscular and orbital injuries due to stab wounds may mask underlying serious intracranial damage. The correct clinical assessment and treatment of such cases require the attention of a team comprising a neurosurgeon, ophthalmologist, otolaryngologist, and plastic surgeon.

Facility in the evaluation of the cervical prevertebral soft tissues should be a skill of any otolaryngologist. Tendinitis of the longus colli muscle mimics more serious disease processes of the prevertebral cervical region that the otolaryngologist may be required to evaluate. It has, however, received little attention in otolaryngological literature. Five cases from the Massachusetts Eye and ...

Abstract Background Bilateral vocal cord paralysis is a rare emergency presentation for Parkinson's disease (PD) but an acknowledged complication of atypical rarer form PD called Multi system atrophy ( MSA). MSA neurodegenerative disorder comprising autononic failure, cerebellar ataxia and parkinsonism. An early occurence stridor can indicate shorten survival quality life remains uncertain. Air...

life as an outstanding physician and a pioneer of laryngobrnochoesophascopy in Iran. He completed elementary school in Ardestan and high school in Isfahan and then enrolled at the Tehran School of Medicine, graduating in 1952. In due course, he continued his medical training in otolaryngology at the Amir Aalam educational wards, he went to the US to continue his post-graduate training in the up...