Voice symptoms in patients with autoimmune disease: a cross-sectional epidemiological study.

Objective: To assess the prevalence and severity of voice symptoms in individuals with a diagnosis of autoimmune disease.

Study Design: Cross-sectional survey.

Setting: Study participants were recruited from a rheumatology tertiary referral clinic at Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital.

Autoimmune disease as a risk factor for globus pharyngeus: a cross-sectional epidemiological study.

Objective: To assess the prevalence and severity of globus-type symptoms in individuals who have a prior diagnosis of autoimmune disease.

Design: Cross-sectional questionnaire.

Participants And Setting:   One hundred and nine patients with autoimmune disease (rheumatoid arthritis, seronegative spondarthritis, connective tissue disease, systemic vasculitis) and 41 patients with non-autoimmune disease (osteoarthritis/osteoporosis) attending a rheumatology tertiary referral clinic at Norfolk & Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.

Nasal tuberculosis--an update of current clinical and laboratory investigation.

Objective: To report a case of primary nasal tuberculosis, and to discuss the diagnostic difficulties encountered.

Setting: A teaching hospital in Norwich, UK.

Method: Case report and review of the English language literature concerning tuberculosis affecting the head and neck region.

Did one ear infection in France change the history of Britain? The illness and death of Francis II (1544-60).

The middle ear has long been considered a continuum of the upper respiratory tract and modern physicians recognize the impact of upper respiratory tract pathology on the middle ear and are familiar with the possible neurosurgical complications of any resultant chronic or acute middle ear infection. In the 16th century, lack of this knowledge may have led to a sequence of events and one of the most important turning points for the British monarchy. This paper on the illness and death of King Francis II of France uncovers interesting aspects of ENT practice from the French Renaissance period and the intrigue surrounding this royal patient's well-documented but little discussed illness.