Traumatic epiglottitis after foreign body ingestion.

Epiglottitis is a rare but life-threatening emergency. The etiology of epiglottitis may be infectious or, less commonly, non-infectious. Causes of non-infectious epiglottitis as reported in the literature include thermal injury, caustic ingestion, and foreign body ingestion.

Reticulohistiocytoma of the external auditory canal.

We report the first documented case of reticulohistiocytoma of the external auditory canal in a 15-year-old male. Reticulohistiocytoma is a rare diagnosis in children. Reticulohistiocytoma, a benign lesion, belongs to a family of histiocytosis disorders which range from benign to malignant.

First report of a case of osteoma of the larynx.

Osteomas are common in otolaryngology, as they often involve the skull and facial bones. On rare occasions, these tumors have also been found in the temporal bone and the tongue. Until now, osteomas have not been encountered in the larynx.