[A man whose food gets stuck in the back of his throat].

A 21-year-old man visited the GP complaining of food getting stuck in the back of his throat. We saw a thin string of tissue connecting the uvula to the palatopharyngeal arch and removed it surgically. No such case has previously been described in the absence of a history of trauma, infection or operation.

[A man whose food gets stuck in the back of his throat].

A 21-year-old man visited the GP complaining of food getting stuck in the back of his throat. We saw a thin string of tissue connecting the uvula to the palatopharyngeal arch and removed it surgically. No such case has previously been described in the absence of a history of trauma, infection or operation.

Rare cause of bilateral sudden deafness.

In this paper, we describe the case of a 62-year-old female with recurring episodes of sudden deafness with vertigo and facial paresis. Within a month's time, this resulted in bilateral deafness and vestibular areflexia. Erroneously, the patient was diagnosed with sudden deafness of unknown origin and subsequently with neuroborreliosis (Lyme disease).

Neuroendocrine carcinoma of the sphenoid sinus: a case report.

The presentation of a neuroendocrine carcinoma in the paranasal sinuses is extremely rare. Until now only 25 cases have been reported in the literature. We report a case of a 65-year-old male with an atypical carcinoid of the sphenoid sinus which seemed to be associated with multiple endocrine neoplasia type 1 (MEN 1).

[Rupture of larynx or trachea resulting from injuries sustained at birth].

Four newborn boys developed respiratory insufficiency and pneumothorax, pneumomediastinum or subcutaneous emphysema as the result of a laryngeal or tracheal rupture. These ruptures were due to birth injuries after difficult labour resulting from shoulder dystocia or a large lymphangioma and to a birth weight of at least 4500 g. The three children with shoulder dystocia also had a clavicular fracture, a Horner's syndrome, Erb paralysis or phrenic nerve paresis.