Importance of accurate diagnosis in benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (BPPV) therapy.

Aim: To determine the importance of accurate topological diagnostics of the otolith and the differentiation of certain clinical forms of benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (BPPV).

Methods: A prospective study was conducted at the County General Hospital Vukovar in the period from January 2011 till January 2012. A total of 81 patients with BPPV, 59 females (72.

Chlamydophila pneumoniae and Mycoplasma pneumoniae were not identified in sinus mucosa of patients with chronic rhinosinusitis.

Chronic rhinosinusitis is a symptomatic inflammation of the mucosa of the nose and paranasal sinuses lasting for at least 12 weeks. Atypical bacteria Chlamydophila pneumoniae and Mycoplasma pneumoniae are important causes of human respiratory tract infection. Also, they were identified in bronchial respiratory epithelium of patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease or asthma.

Postoperative quality of life after two different methods of tonsillectomy.

Background And Objectives: Tonsillectomy is a very painful procedure. Pain may be severe, and patients are often unable to perform in school or eat regular food for a number of days after the surgery. The aim of this study was to compare the quality of life after undergoing two different surgical techniques of tonsillectomy, harmonic scalpel and classic tonsillectomy with bipolar cauterization.

Eosinophilic granuloma of the temporal bone in an adult: controversies in the management.

Eosinophilic granuloma is a rare, benign, lesion characterized by uncontrolled proliferation of Langerhan's cells. It is commonly found in a bone and has been described in almost every bone in the body. It usually affects children and is seldom found in adults.

Benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (BPPV): influence of pharmacotherapy and rehabilitation therapy on patients' recovery rate and life quality.

This prospective clinical study includes 96 BPPV patients with the results of DHI testing ≥ 40 points. They were segregated to be taken into this study and randomly divided into two therapy groups: 48 patients in Group I were treated pharmacotherapeutically with Betahistine Chloride (BC) and 48 patients in Group II underwent a rehabilitation treatment by performing an Epley maneuver. Total study duration was eight weeks, during which the patients were first examined upon arrival, checked after one, and rechecked after eight weeks.

Twenty one months of frontal sinus stenting.

The success of a frontal sinus endoscopic or external operation depends on the postoperative stenosis of the frontal sinus ostium. Formation of a stenosis can be prevented by placing a stent in the frontal sinus ostium. The period optimal for leaving the stent in the sinus ostium is yet to be established, but experts recommend a maximum six months period.

Neuroretinitis caused by Bartonella quintana.

A 57-year-old woman presented to the eye clinic for impaired vision on the left eye persisting for three months. Clinical examination revealed massive peripapillary exudate and stellate macular exudate, raising suspicion of a cat-scratch disease. Tetracycline therapy was introduced, followed by azithromycin and topical corticosteroids.

Bacterial colonization or infection in chronic sinusitis.

The aim of this study was the determination of bacteria present in maxillary and ethmoid cavities in patients with chronic sinusitis and to correlate these findings with bacteria simultaneously present in their nasopharynx. The purpose of this correlation was to establish the role of bacteria found in chronically inflamed sinuses and to evaluate if the bacteria present colonized or infected sinus mucosa. Nasopharyngeal and sinus swabs of 65 patients that underwent functional endoscopic sinus surgery were cultivated and at the same time the presence of leukocytes were determined in each swab.

A correlative study of histology and imprint cytology of gastric mucosa biopsy in the diagnosis gastric cancer.

The purpose of this paper is to show the importance of gastric mucosa imprint cytology in detecting stomach cancer. Analyzed were 364 cytological and pathohistiological samples taken from 335 patients having suspected diagnosis of gastric cancer. Every specimen was submitted to slide imprinting and then fixed in formalin for further processing with routine histopathology.