[Nasal septal abscess complicating acute sinusitis in a child].

Nasal septal abscess is a rare complication of acute sinusitis in children. We report the case of a 9-year-old girl who presented at the emergency unit with a bilateral eyelid edema evolving over 2 days, associated with bilateral rhinorrhea and nasal obstruction. Clinical examination found a tumefied nasal septum and nasal obstruction.

[Tuberculosis of the parotid gland].

Introduction: Tuberculosis of the parotid gland is a rare entity, and the preoperative diagnosis is difficult as the symptomatology is nonspecific. The most cases reported in the literature were diagnosed on histological evaluation of parotidectomy specimen.

Observation: We report a case of a three year old child without a history of tuberculosis, who presented with an isolated parotid mass for three months.

Clinical factors influencing the eosinophil infiltration of nasal polyps.

Aims And Methods: Our study, based on a retrospective chart analysis, was aimed 1) to describe the varying degree of eosinophil infiltration in a series of 263 adult patients operated on diffuse and bilateral nasal polyposis (NPS) after failure of medical treatment, in 15 cystic fibrosis patients with bilateral nasal polyps, and in 31 patients with chronic sinusitis without polyps (18 bilateral, 13 unilateral) 2) to search for clinical factors that might influence the degree of eosinophil infiltration. Eosinophil infiltration was expressed semi-quantativity as a percentage of inflammatory cells.

Results: Our study confirms that eosinophil infiltration is a striking feature of nasal polyposis.