Diagnostic performance of multidetector computed tomography for foreign body aspiration in children.

Objective: To evaluate the sensitivity of multidetector computed tomography for confirming suspected foreign body aspiration into the airways in children.

Method: We conducted a multicentre prospective study of 303 children evaluated using multidetector computed tomography with axial analysis complemented by multiplanar reconstruction when required. The images were read by a radiologist before endoscopy then reviewed later by a senior radiologist blinded to the endoscopy findings.

[Rectal pentobarbital sedation for children undergoing auditory brainstem response testing].

Objectives: The aim of our study was to determine if rectal sedation with pentobarbital sodium provides safe and effective sedation for children undergoing auditory brainstem response (ABR) testing.

Material And Methods: A prospective study was conducted in the ENT pediatric department of Robert Debre's hospital (APHP, Paris). 68 children under 8 years of age were given rectal pentobarbital for ABR testing at a dosage of about 5 mg/kg.

[Chronic otitis and hearing loss revealing a disseminated tuberculosis in a child].

Unlabelled: Ear localization is sometimes the first symptom of tuberculosis.

Case Report: We report a case of a teen with a chronic otitis revealing a disseminated tuberculosis. The investigations showed ear, bones and pulmonary localisations.

Inlay butterfly cartilage tympanoplasty in children.

Objective: To assess the results of inlay butterfly cartilage tympanoplasty in children.

Study Design: Before-and-after trial; follow-up duration, 26.6 +/- 19.

[Middle ear tuberculosis extended to the skull base in a teenager: a case report].

Tuberculosis of the middle ear and mastoid is a rare disease in our countries. Nevertheless, it still occurs and the diagnosis must be considered in the differential diagnosis, especially in particular populations, of acute or chronic ear drainage. Diagnosis is not always easy, as in this case report, where the disease is disseminated, involving the skull and the lung.