Cavernous hemangioma in the masticatory space.

Hemangiomas are benign congenital vascular tumors that commonly arise in the head and neck regions. Although they present with indolent growth and involution in most cases, they can cause facial deformities. Hemangiomas have three subtypes: capillary, cavernous, and mixed.

Impact of hearing impairment on cognitive performance.

Objective: This study aims to evaluate the cognitive performance in adults with hearing loss and to identify associations between clinical characteristics of hearing loss and cognitive outcomes.

Methods: In this cross-sectional analytical observational study, adults with hearing loss underwent the Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE), following the collection of their clinical and audiometric data.

Results: Among 134 evaluated individuals, a majority reported a progressive onset (91.

Voice handicap and voice-related quality of life in COVID-19 patients.

Objectives: Identifying voice handicap and voice-related quality of life in patients presenting pulmonary impairment associated with COVID-19 infection, comparing pulmonary parameters between these patients and individuals in the control group, as well as correlating pulmonary parameters to self-assessment questionnaires (IDV-10 and QVV).

Methods: Thirty-five (35) patients presenting pulmonary impairment with COVID-19 infection were herein selected and compared to 35 individuals who were not affected by COVID-19 infection. Two self-assessment questionnaires were applied (vocal handicap index and voice quality of life protocol).

Cochlear Implants after Meningitis and Otosclerosis: A Comparison between Cochlear Ossification and Speech Perception Tests.

(1) Background: Performance after Cochlear Implantation (CI) can vary depending on numerous factors. This study aims to investigate how meningitis or otosclerosis can influence CI performance. (2) Methods: Retrospective analysis of CI performance in patients with etiological diagnosis of meningitis or otosclerosis, comparing the etiologies and analyzing the image findings, along with electrode array insertion status and technique.

Supraglottic stenosis as a late complication of radiotherapy: a case report.

Nasopharyngeal carcinoma is rare and affect mainly men between the fourth and sixth decades of life. The clinic is characterized to be nonspecific and the main complaints or findings related to this disease are: cervical mass, aural dysfunction, and headache. The basis of treatment is radiotherapy that involves a wide field of irradiation of normal tissues, which usually generates sequelae with direct implications for quality of life.

Is there benefit from the use of cochlear implants and hearing aids in cognition for older adults? A systematic review.

Objectives: The aim of the study was to assess whether hearing aids (HA) and cochlear implants (CI) bring benefits to cognition or mitigate cognitive decline in older adults.

Methods: This is a systematic literature review registered on the International Prospective Register of Systematic Reviews (PROSPERO) and based on the criteria recommended by the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA). The Population, Intervention, Comparison, Outcome, and Study type (PICOS) strategy was used to define eligibility.

Is There a Difference between the Preoperative and Postoperative Serum Levels of Interleukin-6 and Tumor Necrosis Factor-α in Children Submitted to Adenotonsillectomy?

 Palatine and pharyngeal tonsils are the first line of defense against pathogens. Clinically, two alterations may require surgical removal of the tonsils: hypertrophy and recurrent tonsillitis. The two conditions probably result from a dysfunction of the immune system.

Surgical Treatment Applied to Bilateral Vocal Fold Paralysis in Adults: Systematic Review.

Introduction: Bilateral vocal fold paralysis is a condition accounting for great mortality and significant worsening in patients' quality of life. Treatment applied to these patients seek balance among breathing, airway protection and voice quality.

Aim: Critically and systematically reviewing the current literature on the topic in order to set the best technique to restore breathing comfort, without the need of tracheostomy, in patients with bilateral vocal fold paralysis.

Association between dysphagia and tongue strength in patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.

Introduction: Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis is the most common motor neuron disease in adults despite it being rare. It is a neurodegenerative disease in which dysphagia is a common and debilitating symptom. Dysphagia can be assessed by complementary exams, such as fiberoptic endoscopic evaluation of swallowing and the tongue strength test, as this is one of the main muscles involved in swallowing.

Partial laryngectomy and reconstruction with rotation of the epiglottis in the treatment of a rare laryngeal schwannoma: a case report.

Background: Neurogenic tumors of the larynx are rare, with few cases having been reported in the literature. Schwannomas are responsible for 0.1% of all benign tumors of the larynx.

A 67-Year-Old Woman with Sudden Hearing Loss Associated with SARS-CoV-2 Infection.

BACKGROUND Few reports have described the association between coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) and sudden hearing loss. The precise pathophysiological mechanism causing this symptom is unknown. This report describes a case of sudden hearing loss in a patient with COVID-19 pneumonia due to SARS-CoV-2 infection.

Laryngeal Findings in Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy.

Introduction: Some studies have demonstrated that the intrinsic muscles of the larynx show no signs of damage to the muscle fiber and raise a possibility of preservation of the laryngeal muscles in muscular dystrophies. A cross-sectional study was implemented with a case series of patients with Duchenne muscular dystrophy.

Methods: This study was carried out through a medical assessment through anamnesis and medical records, perceptual-auditory evaluation of the voice in 15 patients, and videolaryngoscopic evaluation in 11 patients.

Correlation Between Clinical Diagnosis and Pathological Diagnosis in Laryngeal Lesions.

Objectives: To evaluate the degree of agreement between the clinical and the pathological diagnosis in patients undergoing laryngeal microsurgery due to epithelial or edematous lesions of the vocal folds.

Study Design: This is a retrospective study.

Methods: The study was developed in the ear, nose, and throat clinic of a tertiary hospital, through chart review.

Influence of aging on hyaluronic acid concentration in the vocal folds of female rats.

Unlabelled: The vibration of the vocal fold lamina propria is an important factor involved in vocal production and aging may change the amount of hyaluronic acid in the vocal fold leading to dysphonia.

Aims: This study compares the concentration of hyaluronic acid in vocal folds of aged and young female rats.

Study Design: experimental.

Detection of hyaluronic acid receptor in human vocal folds by immunohistochemistry.

Unlabelled: Hyaluronic acid receptor is a glycoprotein of the plasmatic membrane, and the CD44 is its representative, expressed in many cell types where it has the task of cell adhesion.

Aim: the goal of the present experimental study is to investigate the possibility of using immunohistochemistry to identify the distribution of hyaluronic acid along the vocal fold.

Materials And Methods: We resected the normal vocal folds from a normal 23 year-old male black individual.

Clinical, etiological and progression factors of hearing in sudden deafness.

Unlabelled: Out of the many forms of therapy for sudden deafness, some require hospitalization and present significant risks.

Aim: This prospective study analyzes etiology and evolution in cases of sudden deafness (SD) where outpatient oral treatment was used.

Study Design: Clinical with transversal cohort.

Laryngeal assessment in rheumatic disease patients.

Unlabelled: Rheumatic diseases usually promote several systemic disorders, which can affect blood vessels, mucosa and serosa of the aerodigestive tract. Scarce laryngeal involvement has been described in these patients and this study aims at investigating laryngeal alterations found in patients with rheumatic diseases.

Study Design: Transversal cohort.

Immunohistochemistry as a method to study elastic fibers of human vocal fold.

Aim: Verify the use of immunohistochemistry as a method to measure all forms of elastic fibers at human vocal folds.

Study Design: Transversal cohort.

Material And Method: We collected vocal folds following these criterion: age between 25 and 40, Caucasian men, dead by gun shot, within 12 hours of death, without instrumentation of the larynx or suspicion of neck injury and without mucosal lesions noted by microscopy.

Magnetic resonance imaging in sudden deafness.

Unlabelled: The etiology of sudden deafness can remain undetermined despite extensive investigation. This study addresses the value of magnetic resonance imaging in the analysis of sudden deafness patients.

Study Design: Transversal cohort.

Audiological evaluation of twenty patients receiving pentoxifylline and prednisone after sudden deafness: prospective study.

Idiopathic sudden deafness is defined as sudden sensorineural hearing loss of undetermined etiology. As a consequence, various treatments have been developed for this disorder. Our study evaluated the effectiveness of pentoxifylline and prednisone in such treatment.