[Wegener's granulomatosis: an often difficult diagnosis. Apropos of a case with digestive localization but without lung or kidney involvement].

Even if Wegener's disease is a rare condition, it interests many authors. Many recent reports had contributed to a best knowledge of the disease. Nevertheless, it persists a number of questions without yet an answer.

[Rhabdomyosarcoma of the middle ear].

A seven year old boy was admitted with what appeared to be polyp of the external auditory canal, otitis media and Bell's palsy. It was subsequently diagnosed as rhabdomyosarcoma of the middle ear. This rare tumor must not be out of mind of practitioners, and especially pediatricians and E.

[Piston-malleus. II (author's transl)].

The malleus appears to provide an effective solution in cases where the incus is absent and the upper part of the stapes cannot be employed, and when sound energy has to be retransmitted from the drum and the handle of the malleus to the labyrinth fluid. Total removal of the foot of the stapes with vein interposition is associated in nearly all cases. The method is not employed in patients with unfavorable positions of the ear-drum or handle of the malleus, the preferred procedure in the cases being the establishment of a direct communication between the ear-drum and the fenestra vestibuli, good results have been obtained.