Spontaneous pneumomediastinum is an unusual and benign condition in which air is present in mediastinum. A 20-year-old male patient presented to ED with complaint of hoarseness and odynophagia from the day before, after weightlifting. The patient was nonsmoker and denied history of other diseases. On physical examination he had no dyspnea with normal vital signs. Throat examination and pulmonar...

We experienced a case of a subcutaneous emphysema after tonsillectomy. The patient, a 24-year-old man, complained of a recurrent sore throat and was diagnosed as having chronic tonsillitis. Pre-operative general examinations revealed no abnormalities. The operation was carried out under general anesthesia. The adhesions between the tonsils and the surrounding tissues were moderate. The bi-later...

Clinical and radiological findings were compared between the patients with osteoarthritis (OA) of temporomandibularjoint (TMJ) with or without disc displacement (DD), and asymptomatic volunteers. This study included 30 patients with OA of TMJs (mean age 52.6). All the patients were examined clinically by manual functional analysis and using magnetic resonance imaging. The inclusion criteria for...

Commercial equipment is available for conducting Eustachian tube function tests but, generally, the Eustachian tube insufflation method doubles as a treatment and diagnosis. However, with the Eustachian tube insufflation method, the doctor merely performs the auscultation. The Eustachian tube insufflation sounds are not saved as data, and the diagnosis relies on the auditory judgment of the doc...

PURPOSE To develop a simple risk-scoring system to forecast scrub typhus severity. PATIENTS AND METHODS Seven years' retrospective data of patients diagnosed with scrub typhus from two university-affiliated hospitals in the north of Thailand were analyzed. Patients were categorized into three severity groups: nonsevere, severe, and dead. Predictors for severity were analyzed under multivariab...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the clinical and functional results of autologous trapezoidal plug single-block grafts fixed with absorbable chondral darts in patients with osteochondral knee lesions of varying sizes. METHODS Twenty-five patients underwent surgery from February 2000 to June 2008. Seventy-two percent of the patients were male, and the mean age was 29 years. RESULTS The right side (56%...

Necrotising fascitiis is a rapidly progressive bacterial infection of the soft tissues and generally attacks the walls of the abdomen, the perineum, the limbs or, to a lesser degree, the cranio-cervical area. In the latter region, the infection involves the soft tissues of the neck, in a more or less extensive manner, and causes diffuse necrosis. Crepitation, areas with linear infiltration and ...

Abstract Background and Aims Volume overload is major problem in chronic hemodialysis patient BNP level related to volume status of the . To assess before after HD session study its role as a marker for depending on clinical findings echocardiography parametershemodialysis. Method The was conducted 50 patients Nephrology unit, Mansoura University Hospital. Our were classified according left ven...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE The pattern of clinical presentations of tuberculosis (TB) is reflected in the microbiological, radiological, and histological characteristics of the disease. However, coinfection with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) poses special diagnostic and therapeutic challenges. This study was aimed at assessing the clinical manifestations of TB in patients with or without HIV c...

This study determined the prevalence of signs and symptoms of temporomandibular joint dysfunction (TMD) in children with and without generalized joint hypermobility (GJH). Twenty children with GJH, ages 4-19, and 20 age- and sex-matched control children completed a TMD signs/symptoms history and underwent an examination consisting of palpation of the joints and associated musculature for tender...