Objective. To evaluate the occurrence of two periorbital complications of surgery for Chronic Suppurative Otitis Media (CSOM) and discuss the potential pathophysiologic mechanisms. Materials and Methods. This is a retrospective review of the CSOM surgeries performed between Oct, 2005, and Jan, 2011, in our hospital. The early postoperative conditions of the patients were scrutinized to identify...

Sir,?Would you kindly find a little space in your journal to publish the following case of severe sub conjunctival ecchymos is due to " Whooping Cougli." It may interest some of your readers at least, as this complication does not often arise. The other day while I was sitting in iny dispens.uy, a girl, aged about 5 years, was brought to me for treatment of her eyes, which were terribly red and...

2004, National Cancer Institute (November 2006 SEER data submission). http: //seer.cancer.gov/csr/1975_2004/. Accessed January 4, 2008. 3. Jemal A, Siegel R, Ward E, et al. Cancer statistics, 2008. CA Cancer J Clin. 2008;58(2):71-96. 4. McPherson M, Elwood M, English DR, Baade PD, Youl PH, Aitken JF. Presentation and detection of invasive melanoma in a high-risk population. J Am Acad Dermatol. ...

OBJECTIVES To design a model for performing reproducible, objective analyses of skin color changes and to apply this model to evaluate the efficacy of homeopathic Arnica montana as an antiecchymotic agent when taken perioperatively. METHODS Twenty-nine patients undergoing rhytidectomy at a tertiary care center were treated perioperatively with either homeopathic A. montana or placebo in a dou...

A 69-year old man underwent ascending aorta grafting and aortic valve replacement for an acute aortic dissection. Nine months later, he suffered from painful ecchymosis and swelling of the sternal wound (Fig. 1). Computed tomography revealed a huge pseudoaneurysm of the ascending aorta (Fig. 2). Reoperation was successfully performed to repair the anasto-motic suture line tears. Figure 1: Promi...