BACKGROUND A pneumatized superior turbinate is a rare cause of headache. Nasal endoscopy alone, does not provide us with adequate information for this inaccessible area of the superior nasal cavity. A coronal computed tomography (CT) must be obtained to confirm the diagnosis. CASE PRESENTATION We present a 40-year-old female with migraine-type headache and nasal obstruction. Nasal endoscopy r...

Multiple anatomical variants were encountered during a cone beam computed tomography (CBCT) study of the nasal cavity of a 43-year-old male patient. These were mostly related to the nasal turbinates, suggestive for an unusual development of ethmoturbinals. Pneumatized turbinates were observed: bilateral supreme, superior, and middle concha bullosa. There were bilateral paradoxically curved supe...

Male, 56, presenting with an ulceration on the right auricular concha for 45 days, with poor response to topical and systemic antibiotics, associated with otorrhea, hearing loss, otalgia and fever. Otoscopy revealed an ulcerated lesion in the auricle and edema of the EAC, preventing appropriate visibilization of the tympanic membrane. Computed tomography (CT) of the temporal bones (Fig. 1A) sho...

1. Concha M, Casares J, Ross DN, González-Lavín L, Franco M, Mesa D, et al. Reemplazamiento valvular aórtico con autoinjerto pulmonar (operación de Ross), en pacientes adultos y pediátricos. Estudio preliminar. Rev Esp Cardiol. 1999;52:113-20. 2. Rus C, Mesa D, Concha M, Casares J, Suárez de Lezo J, Delgado M, et al. Resultados a corto plazo en la técnica de Ross. ¿Influye la etiología de la va...

Deqi sensation, a psychophysical response characterized by a spectrum of different needling sensations, is essential for Chinese acupuncture clinical efficacy. Previous research works have investigated the component of Deqi response upon acupuncture on acupoints on the trunk and limbs. However, the characteristics of Deqi sensations of transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS) on auric...

Paranasal sinus osteomas are benign osteogenic lesions, often diagnosed incidentally on computed tomography (CT). Their etiology is unknown, and they most commonly involve the frontal and ethmoid sinus. We present an exceedingly rare localization of osteoma within the cavity of a concha bullosa of the middle turbinate in a 38-year-old woman with frontal headaches and right-sided facial pain. Th...

1. Concha M, Casares J, Ross DN, González-Lavín L, Franco M, Mesa D, et al. Reemplazamiento valvular aórtico con autoinjerto pulmonar (operación de Ross), en pacientes adultos y pediátricos. Estudio preliminar. Rev Esp Cardiol. 1999;52:113-20. 2. Rus C, Mesa D, Concha M, Casares J, Suárez de Lezo J, Delgado M, et al. Resultados a corto plazo en la técnica de Ross. ¿Influye la etiología de la va...

La presencia de espinas en representantes Spiriferellina se ha mencionado muy pocas ocasiones y, hasta aho­ra, únicamente han descrito manera adecuada para la especie S. insculpta (Philips). En multispinosa Mar­tinez Chacon observa una concha puntuada y microornamentación lamelas concéntricas fuertes, con huecas, que continúan hacia el interior forma tubos interesan capa secundaria, aunque prob...