BACKGROUND The existence of a local allergic rhintis was proposed on the basis of the detection of nasal IgE in the absence of a systemic sensitization. Nevertheless, the significance of this phenomenon remains still unclear. We assessed the presence of mucosal nasal IgE in patients with ascertained allergic rhinitis, nonallergic rhinitis with inflammation and in healthy controls. METHODS Con...

A bulbous nasal tip is commonly seen in Asians; its correction represents a significant portion of Asian rhinoplasties. Bulbous tip correction in Caucasians mainly aims at reducing excess lower lateral cartilage and performing suture techniques on well-developed lower lateral cartilage [1-4]. Asians with a bulbous tip have a small, weak lower lateral cartilage and nasal septum [5,6]. Therefore,...

Depressed nasal floor extension into the nostril in cleft patients is difficult to solve. Suggested ways for solving this problem need skin incisions other than routine open rhinoplasty incisions. Nasolabia subcutaneous flap makes the infrastructure in depressed nasal floor in cleft patients. Alar advancement and medial nasal floor triangular flap cover it.

We describe a novel, minimally invasive laser technology for skin rejuvenation by creating isolated microscopic lesions within tissue below the epidermis using laser induced optical breakdown. Using an in-house built prototype device, tightly focused near-infrared laser pulses are used to create optical breakdown in the dermis while leaving the epidermis intact, resulting in lesions due to cavi...

The incidence of cellulitis is 24.6 in 1000 person-years, according to a US population-based study of insurance claims for the years 1997 to 2002—the most recent data available. The lower extremities are most commonly affected, accounting for 70% to 80% of cases. Risk factors associated with recurrence include venous insufficiency, lymphedema, overweight, skin breakdown, and leg edema, which ar...

Abstract Biopsies of the palate are generally well-tolerated with known complications pain, bleeding, or infection, that can usually be well-controlled. We report a case 63-year-old male who developed rare complication following biopsy an ulcer on junction between hard and soft palate. Despite uneventful routine biopsy, patient presented oro-nasal fistula complaints nasal discharge. The cause w...

OBJECTIVES/HYPOTHESIS To assess the survival of full-thickness skin grafts and perichondrial cutaneous grafts when placed on subcutaneous soft tissue flaps used in nasal reconstruction. STUDY DESIGN Retrospective case series from a secondary-care cutaneous cancer practice. METHODS Twenty-eight patients with nasal defects secondary to basal cell carcinoma excision were included. Clinical inf...

Head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) rarely metastasizes to the skin. Metastases to the nasal tip from hypopharyngeal malignancies are extremely rare. We present a patient with nasal tip metastasis from hypopharyngeal SCC. A 74-year-old man with hypopharyngeal and esophageal carcinomas had a red nodule on his nasal tip (so-called "clown nose"). Histopathologically, atypical squamoid cell...

Historically, external skin is the most obvious tissue deficiency after nasal trauma or skin cancer excision. The loss of underlying support and lining is less apparent and practically speaking has been considered an afterthought in the repair of nasal defects. The importance of lining was initially recognized by Keegan and Gillies. Modern surgeons can effectively employ both traditional techni...

Hidradenoma papilliferum is a rare benign neoplasm that usually occurs in the female anogenital area. We present a 43-year-old female with a non-anogenital (ectopic) hidradenoma papilliferum on her nose. The patient had had a skin-colored subcutaneous nodule on her nose for 7 years. The histopathological findings showed variously shaped cystic spaces in the tumor. And the lumina were surrounded...