We report a case of persistent foramen Hushke and embark on a literature search from 1990 to 2021. The search was done using electronic databases of PubMed and Google Scholar using the MESH words 'TMJ herniation', 'persistent foramen Hushke', 'TMJ prolapse', 'EAC dehiscence', and 'ear canal mass'. A total of 37 other case reports were included after excluding duplicates and non-English publications.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFA 12-year-old boy was admitted after 11 days of fever and 2 days of nasal obstruction as well as swelling of a right cervical lymph node. Nasal endoscopy and computed tomography of the neck showed a nasopharyngeal mass occupying the entire nasopharynx, extending into the nasal cavity, and obliterating the fossa of Rosenmuller. Abdominal ultrasonography revealed a small solitary splenic abscess.
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April 2023
Rhinolith is an uncommon condition that usually happens due to mineralisation of calcium and magnesium salts over a retained foreign body inside the nasal cavity for long period of time. Here we report one such case of a 33-year-old lady who presented to us with long standing intermittent epistaxis and on examination rhinolith was discovered.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjectives: Recurrence rate of nasal polyps is high following endoscopic sinus surgery. To improve the surgical outcome, steroid impregnated nasal dressing is used postoperatively We aimed to compare the effect of Tualang honey impregnated nasal dressing with steroid impregnated nasal dressing on wound healing and surgical outcomes in post endoscopic sinus surgery patients.
Methods: A prospective, randomized, controlled trial was carried out at two tertiary hospitals.
Indian J Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg
November 2019
Vestibular dehiscence or atelectasis is a rarity known to cause vertigo. This pathology poses many challenges especially in diagnosis and treatment simply due to the scarcity of reported cases. The etiologic factors, disease pathophysiology and complications remain unclear.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFTesticular cancer is an uncommon malignancy of the male reproductive organ, accounting for 1% of all cancers in men. Distant cervical metastasis from testicular cancer has been reported in 5% of patients. We present 2 cases of non-seminomatous testicular cancers that were diagnosed retrospectively in patients who presented with pure cervical lymph nodes.
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