Removing nasal packing in epistaxis: what to do in the case of an undeflatable foley catheter balloon.

Introduction Undeflatable Foley catheter balloons adapted for use as nasal packing in epistaxis represent a possible complication. Case Reports We report on three cases in which Foley catheter balloons adapted for use as posterior nasal packing in epistaxis failed to deflate. In one patient, deflation was achieved by simply using the fingertips to massage the segment of the catheter collapsed by the fixation device.

A proposed new clinical staging system for patients with mucosal leishmaniasis.

Mucosal leishmaniasis (ML) occurs mainly in areas where Leishmania braziliensis is transmitted. It affects predominantly the nasal mucosa and, in more severe forms, can lead to significant tissue destruction. There is no standard method for grading the severity of disease.

Chronic rhinitis in HTLV-1 carriers: a histopathologic study.

Unlabelled: The nasal histopathology of HTLV-1 carriers with chronic rhinitis is unknown.

Objective: To describe the histopathological features of HTLV-1 carriers with chronic rhinitis.

Materials And Methods: Biopsies of nasal mucosa of ten HTLV-1 carriers with chronic rhinitis (eight patients with allergic rhinitis and two patients with non-allergic rhinitis) were studied using a light microscope.

Geographic clustering of leishmaniasis in northeastern Brazil.

To determine whether disease outcomes and clades of Leishmania braziliensis genotypes are associated, we studied geographic clustering of clades and most severe disease outcomes for leishmaniasis during 1999-2003 in Corte de Pedra in northeastern Brazil. Highly significant differences were observed in distribution of mucosal leishmaniasis versus disseminated leishmaniasis (DL) (p<0.0001).