Hypothalamic amenorrhea in a Camurati-Engelmann disease--a case report.

Objective: A case report of a patient diagnosed with Camurati-Engelmann Disease (CED) in association with the functional hypothalamic amenorrhea disturbances. CED is a very rare genetically determined disorder classified as a type of bone dysplasia.

Design: Case report.

[Endovascular and surgical associated treatment of post-traumatic epistaxis].

We report on two cases of patients, in whom endovascular embolization of the maxillary artery and next surgical ligation of the anterior ethmoidal artery was performed due to posttraumatic intracrable epistaxis. In those patients, conservative treatment failed, hence endovascular embolization was made. Due to persisted bleeding, right anterior ethmoidal artery were surgically ligated in both patients.

[An unusual location of a foreign body in the posterior hypopharynx--case report].

The foreign bodies ingestion are common among the patients admitting to the ENT Emergency Unit. Usually the treatment does not cause too much trouble, however, the symptoms and possible complications might be potentially life threatening. The 64 years old female suffering from severe pain in the hypopharynx and dysphagia was introduced to the ENT Emergency Unit of the F.

[Identification of human papilloma viruses (HPV) in inflammatory states and ear neoplasms].

Introduction: Human Papilloma Virus has a strong relation to oropharyngeal mucosa and is considered to be responsible for a wide range of upper respiratory tract pathologies, like laryngeal papilloma. There's a hypothesis, that it plays a significant role in middle ear chronic inflammations and neoplasm's. MATERIAL AND METHODIC.

[Smell and taste in drug addicts].

The main objective of this study was to establish the degree of influence of various illicit drugs, taken into the body in different ways, on the senses of smell and taste. Other possible factors, that might have caused disturbances in normal functioning of both senses, were outlined. The studied group consisted of 48 drug addicts, between the age of 16 and 48 years, addicted to various illicit drugs for several years.