Patient aesthetic satisfaction with timing of nasal fracture manipulation.

Introduction. To determine patient cosmetic satisfaction following nasal fracture manipulation under general anaesthetic when offered at different time intervals after injury. Materials and Methods.

Acute airway obstruction secondary to vocal fold heterotopic ossification.

A 29-year old man of Eritrean origin presented with acute stridor and respiratory distress on a background 1 year history of progressive breathing difficulty and worsening inspiratory stridor. Fibreoptic laryngoscopy revealed an indeterminate swelling of the left vocal fold leaving no clear airway visible. The patient refused surgical tracheostomy.

A report on a rare case of Klebsiella ozaenae causing atrophic rhinitis in the UK.

Ozena is a chronic disease of the nasal cavity characterised by atrophy of the mucosa and bone caused by Klebsiella ozaenae. It is endemic to subtropical and temperate regions affecting the lower socio-economic group, usually the poor who live in unhygienic conditions. It is a rare disease in the UK.

An immunocompetent patient presenting with severe nasal herpes simplex: a case report.

Background: Cutaneous manifestations of common viral pathogens or disease processes more common in immunocompromised individuals need to be considered when assessing patients with unusual clinical presentations. To our knowledge this is the first published case of severe nasal herpes simplex infection in an immunocompetent individual.

Case Presentation: A 27-year-old Burmese woman presented to the Accident and Emergency department with increasing facial pain and fever having sustained local trauma to her nose 7 days prior.

Pneumocephalus--an unreported risk of Valsalva's manoeuvre following cochlear implantation.

We describe a case of pneumocephalus as an unusual early postoperative complication following cochlear implantation. The aetiology of this condition we attribute to the patient's habit of 'ear popping' using Valsalva's manoeuvre.