Purpose: To assess the progression of precancerous laryngeal lesions to squamous cell carcinoma (SCC), defined by specific histopathological criteria, in patients with longterm follow-up.
Methods: Patients with laryngeal dysplasia, followed/ treated between 1985 and 2008, were retrospectively evaluated and classified according to the World Health Organization classification system (WHO). The investigated outcome parameters were progression of dysplasia to SCC, time interval to malignant transformation and continuation of smoking as potential risk factors.
Aim: To study the effect of functional endoscopic sinus surgery (FESS) in patients with chronic rhinosinusitis (CRS) and nasal polyps (NP) with concomitant asthma.
Design: The study was designed to evaluate prospectively whether FESS can influence parameters of asthma in patients with CRS with nasal polyps.
Methods And Results: One hundred thirty seven patients were recruited from the ENT-Allergy and Panedoscopy Clinic of the ENT Department.
ORL J Otorhinolaryngol Relat Spec
February 2010
Purpose: To examine the acoustic results over a long period of time, in patients who underwent ossiculoplasty with Plastipore, and to report the percentage of prosthesis extrusion and factors related to the prognosis.
Procedures: Forty-two patients, who underwent ossiculoplasty with Plastipore, were studied. Patients were followed up for the next 14 years.
Introduction: Verrucous carcinoma is a variant of well differentiated squamous cell carcinoma characterised by an exophytic, warty growth which is slowly but locally invasive and which can cause extensive local destruction if left untreated.
Case Report: We report the first known case of veruccous carcinoma of the paranasal sinuses with rapid orbital invasion. A 58-year-old man presented with right-sided nasal obstruction, a huge right intranasal lesion, intractable dacryocystitis and cutaneous involvement of the nasolacrimal sac region.
Eur Arch Otorhinolaryngol
May 2007
Pemphigus is an uncommon chronic disease with dermatologic and mucosal manifestations. Primary laryngeal involvement without skin lesions is extremely rare. The present paper describes a 72-year old man who presented with a 2-month history of hoarseness, haemoptisis and dysphagia.
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