Gastrointestinal leiomyomas are smooth muscle tumors arising from the muscularis mucosae, muscularis propriae and possibly from smooth muscle of the vessel wall. Management depends on the size, location and the clinical scenario. Endoscopic snare cauterization with or without saline lift has been described in literature for tumors involving the left colon. To the best of our knowledge, endoscop...

Although severe epistaxis is uncommon, it serious. The systematic endoscopic nasal examination an essential step in identifying the bleeding point and aiding electrocauterization. Currently, S-point, which located superior part of septum behind septal body corresponding to axilla middle concha, identified about 30% cases with epistaxis. Cauterization this has excellent rate controlling preventi...

Hemangiomas are common, benign tumors which arise from the proliferation of endothelial cells surrounding blood-filled cavities. Cavernous hemangioma nasal cavity is a rare clinical entity but it should be considered in differential diagnosis nasopharyngeal mass and cases with epistaxis. This lesion usually found on lateral wall more common elderly no sex preponderance. We present case cavernou...

Epistaxis is the most common emergency presenting to the ENT surgeon. Here we present a case of epistaxis arising from the sphenopalatine artery in a patient who had previously had the ipsilateral external carotid artery ligated due to previous epistaxis. On investigation the epistaxis was determined to arise from an anastamosis with the contralateral sphenopalatine artery. The anatomy was demo...

OBJECTIVES To describe the various presentations and management of piriform sinus tracts in children and to provide a treatment algorithm. DESIGN Case series. SETTING Pediatric otolaryngology service in a tertiary care setting. PATIENTS Eight pediatric patients diagnosed as having a piriform sinus tract between 1999 and 2005. INTERVENTIONS Patients were treated with surgical excision, e...

OBJECTIVES To determine the presentation of third or fourth branchial pouch anomalies in various age groups of children and evaluate endoscopic cauterization as a treatment technique. DESIGN Retrospective study of patients treated from 2000 to 2009. SETTING Tertiary care children's hospital. PATIENTS Pediatric patients aged 0 to 18 years (mean age, 5.5 years), including 5 neonates. INTE...

n-Butyl cyanoacrylate (n-BCA) embolization of a hemorrhagic pseudoaneurysmal arteriovenous fistula of the sphenopalatine artery in a patient with paranasal sinus squamous cell carcinoma treated with regional surgery and radiation has, to our knowledge, not been previously reported.

PURPOSE To describe a new, relatively atraumatic method of cauterizing the maxillary artery and its effectiveness in treating cluster headache. MATERIALS AND METHODS Five patients with cluster headache were treated with arterial ligation of certain terminal branches of the external carotid artery. A new, atraumatic method of cauterizing the maxillary artery is described. RESULTS The success...