CT scan findings impact on hearing thresholds in otosclerosis: A study of 108 patients.

Background: The relationship between the location of otosclerotic zones and hearing thresholds has been evaluated in several studies and has generated different conflicting reports. This study was carried out in order to evaluate the relationship between otosclerotic zones extension on CT scan and pure tone audiometry (PTA) thresholds, before and after stapedotomy. Materials and Methods: 108 patients with a positive surgical diagnosis of otosclerosis, operated by the same surgeon, were enrolled in this retrospective study, performed in a tertiary referral hospital between 2015 and 2018.

An unusual combined glomus vagale and jugular tumor: A case report.

Introduction: and importance: Head and neck paragangliomas are slowly growing benign tumors and they originate from specialized neural crest cells. We report an unusual combined glomus vagal and jugular tumor that was rarely described in the literature to the best of our knowledge.

Case Presentation: A 51 years old female with no pathological history was presented to our ENT department with 6 months' history of a right latero cervical swelling gradually increasing in size associated with a swallowing difficulties and hoarseness.

Rare cases of head and neck's neuroendocrine carcinomas disease: Case series of 4 patients and review of the literature.

Introduction: Primary neuroendocrine carcinomas are uncommon head and neck malignancies. Their classification is still debated. We report four cases of unusual primary locations of neuroendocrine carcinomas of head and neck region emphasizing two entities and rare sites that were never described in the literature to the best of our knowledge.