Intratympanic steroid treatment for idiopathic sudden sensorineural hearing loss after failure of intravenous therapy.

Purpose. The aim of this study is the investigation of the effectiveness of intratympanic steroids therapy (IST) in patients with idiopathic sudden sensorineural hearing loss (ISSHL) who had not responded to intravenous treatment, evaluating the overall hearing recovery and comparing the results with different variables. Materials and Methods.

[Porocarcinoma of the parotid area. Report of a case].

The Authors describe the case of a 55 years old man, affected by ipercolesterolemy, ipertension and glaucoma, observed because of an important left parotid and laterocervical erythema with a small brown area measuring less than 1 cm inside. In the last two years the patient underwent resection of two basaliomas and of a porocarcinoma, with infiltration of margins, in the same region. Clinical and instrumental findings indicated the presence of reactive parotid's nodes; no evident lesions appeared at the examination of the ENT regions.