Publications by authors named "Asmaou Dalil"
Objectives: To bring out the diagnostic attitude of hearing professionals in Cameroon towards congenital hearing impairment (CHI), assess availability of tests, neonatal screening, and create a national map of availability of treatment opportunities.
Methods: We conducted a cross-sectional online-based survey from June to December 2021, concerning ear-nose-throat (ENT) specialists, hearing care professionals, speech therapists and ENT nurses. A Google Forms online questionnaire was used to collect data, filled by eligible professionals involved in hearing care in Cameroon.
Aberrant course of the internal carotid artery is a rare congenital malformation. Aberrant course of cervical internal carotid artery accounts for 5% of cases. Several cases of fatal hemorrhage due to an injury to the aberrant internal carotid artery have been observed in patients undergoing pharyngeal surgery procedures.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIntroduction: Malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumors (MPNST) are highly aggressive soft tissue sarcomas in which complete surgical resection is the mainstay of therapy.
Clinical Presentation: We report a case of MPNST, a 24 year old patient with right neck painful mass of 13 cm of greater dimension, skin spots, lentigos, cutaneous neurofibromas. The neck CT scan revealed a mass with liquid and soft tissues densities.
Importance: Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection remains a major cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide. Many studies have found a higher prevalence of hearing impairment among HIV-positive individuals.
Objective: To investigate the effect of HIV and highly active antiretroviral treatment (HAART) on the hearing function in a Cameroonian population.