Publications by authors named "Alamar A"

Introduction: Pediatric subglottic pathology still represents a challenge when it comes to choosing the right treatment. We present the management of patients followed in our center for this reason during the last 5 years.

Material And Methods: Retrospective study of patients followed by glotosubglottic pathology (stenosis, cysts or granulomas) between 2011 and 2016 in a third level hospital.

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Clinic Case: Peribulbar anesthesia is used in daily practice during cataract surgery. It is a safe technique, but not without complications. We present the case of a man who had an orbital abscess secondary to peribulbar anesthesia that led to the perforation of an unknown frontoethmoidal mucocele.

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Case Report: A 25-year-old woman with right subacute sinusitis, complained about discomfort in her right eye. Clinical manifestations and computed tomography were suggestive of sub-periosteal orbital ethmoid wall abscess, for which the patient underwent urgent drainage. A solid tumor was found, with a positive biopsy for alveolar rhabdomyosarcoma.

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There are many causes of tympanic perforation but usually only one treatment, surgical. However, many patients cannot or will not undergo surgery. In such cases, treatment with sodium hyaluronidate may be satisfactory.

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Osteomas of the middle ear are extremely rare. Those of the mastoid process being most frequent encountered als the tympanic sitting. Extracanalicular osteomas of the temporal bone are scarce.

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The paper deals with 5 adults carriers of this syndrome diagnosed by means of nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR). Neither the conventional radiography nor the plain computerized tomography showed indicative clues of the deformity. However electronystagmography prove in all cases a vertical down beating nystagmus.

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Report of the results of radiotherapy in 12 patients suffering from chemodectomas of the temporal bone. Complete or partial remissions under both clinical and radiological aspects are argued. Discussion on radiotherapy versus surgery of these growths.

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