Intracellular persisting Staphylococcus aureus is the major pathogen in recurrent tonsillitis.

Background: The two major indications for tonsillectomy are recurrent tonsillitis (RT) and peritonsillar abscess (PTA). Unlike PTAs, which are primarily treated surgically, RT is often cured by tonsillectomy only after a series of failed drug therapy attempts. Although the bacteriological background of RT has been studied, the reason for the lack of success of conservative therapeutic approaches is not well understood.

Array-CGH in unclear syndromic nephropathies identifies a microdeletion in Xq22.3-q23.

To investigate whether submicroscopic chromosomal deletions or duplications can be causative of unclear syndromic nephropathies, we analyzed ten patients with congenital abnormalities of the kidney and urinary tract or glomerulopathies combined with important extrarenal anomalies by whole-genome array-based comparative genomic hybridization. In a 14-year-old girl presenting with hematuria, proteinuria, mental retardation (MR), sensorineural hearing loss, dysmorphisms, and epilepsy, we detected a microdeletion in chromosome Xq22.3-q23.

[Nasolacrimal duct obstruction caused by a cylindroma. Report of an atypical tumor manifestation and review of the literature].

Background: The purpose of this report is to describe the clinical characteristics, management and histological findings in a patient with obstruction of the nasolacrimal duct caused by a cylindroma. About 618 lacrimal sac tumours have been reported previously in reviews and case reports, which were reviewed after searching in medline database.

Case Report: A 79-year old man suffered from multiple cylindromas (Spiegler tumour) on his head for about 40 years.