Respiratory epithelial adenomatoid hamartomas and chondroosseous respiratory epithelial hamartomas of the sinonasal tract: a case series and literature review.

Background: Respiratory epithelial adenomatoid hamartomas (REAH) and chondroosseous respiratory epithelial (CORE) hamartomas are rare sinonasal/nasopharyngeal lesions first characterized in 1995. Although REAH and CORE hamartomas are benign, nonneoplastic lesions, awareness and recognition of these lesions are important because they can be confused grossly and microscopically with more threatening sinonasal tumors.

Methods: This report presents two cases of REAH and one case of a CORE hamartoma.

Evaluation of middle meatal stenting after minimally invasive sinus techniques (MIST).

Objectives: In this study, we compared postoperative synechia rates and morbidity for different middle meatal (MM) stents after minimally invasive sinus techniques (MIST).

Study Design: In a prospective study, we included 100 patients with bilateral chronic sinusitis undergoing MIST at a tertiary care facility with a single surgeon.

Methods: For all patients, MeroGel stents were placed in the right MM, Gelfilm stents were placed in the left MM.

Outcome in patients with chronic sinusitis after the minimally invasive sinus technique.

Background: Controversy persists regarding the use of minimally invasive sinus techniques (MIST) to treat chronic sinusiris primarily because of an absence of comparative outcome data.

Methods: In this prospective study of 85 patients with chronic sinusitis treated surgically with MIST, the long-term postoperative outcome was assessed using the duration-based Chronic Sinusitis Survey (CSS) quality of life instrument. Patient age ranged from 4 to 81 years old (mean age, 42 +/- 16.

Failed extraction of a sharp esophageal foreign body with a flexible endoscope: a case report and review of the literature.

Several methods for the extraction of esophageal foreign bodies have been described. The most common approaches use either the flexible fiberoptic esophagoscope or the rigid esophagoscope. We report an unusual complication following the attempted extraction of a sharp esophageal foreign body with a flexible esophagoscope, review the indications for these 2 methods of extraction, and discuss the potential morbidity and mortality of these 2 approaches.