Evaluation of MMP-9 and TIMP-1 Levels of the Patients with Nasal Polyposis After Corticosteroid Therapies.

The aim of this study is to evaluate the effects of intrapolyp, systemic and local corticosteroid treatment modalities on MMP-9 and TIMP-1 level in polyp tissues. This study included 71 patients and five groups. Group A treated with oral methylprednisolone, Group B, treated with topical steroid spray, Group C treated with intralesional triamcinolone acetonide, Group D patients with nasal polyposis who has not given any medication, Group E had surgery for concha bullosa without nasal polyp disease.

Transoral ultrasonography in the diagnosis and treatment of peritonsillar abscess.

Purpose: To evaluate the contribution of transoral ultrasonography (TUS) in the diagnosis and treatment of peritonsillar abscess.

Methods: We assessed the records of the patients who underwent TUS for suspected peritonsillar abscess.

Results: We identified a total of 26 patients with a prediagnosis of peritonsillar abscess.

The effects of mitomycin C and 5-fluorouracil/triamcinolone on fibrosis/scar tissue formation secondary to subglottic trauma (experimental study).

Purpose: The aim of the study was to compare the effects of mitomycin-C (MMC) and 5-fluorouracil/triamcinolone acetonide (5-FU/TA) on the development of fibrosis/scar tissue formation of rabbit subglottic area, which is injured acutely.

Materials And Methods: After standardized trauma to subglottic area the rabbits were divided into those that received treatment and those that did not (controls). The subjects were treated with either topical 0.

[Primary Hodgkin's lymphoma of the parotid gland: a case report].

Primary Hodgkin's lymphoma of the parotid gland is rare. A twenty-one-year-old man presented with a lesion that recurred two years after an excisional biopsy for a parotid gland mass. He underwent superficial parotidectomy.