Endoscopy-assisted transoral resection of the styloid process in Eagle's syndrome. Case report.

Eagle's syndrome is often associated with elongated styloid process or ossified stylohyoid or stylomandibular ligament. Patients with this syndrome present with recurrent cervicofacial pain. Surgical removal of the elongated styloid process is a standard treatment and can be accomplished through either a transoral or extraoral approach.

A case of orbital apex syndrome due to Pseudomonas aeruginosa infection.

Orbital apex syndrome is commonly been thought to have a poor prognosis. Many cases of this syndrome have been reported to be caused by paranasal sinus mycosis. We encountered a very rare case (60-year-old woman) of sinusitis with orbital apex syndrome due to Pseudomonas aeruginosa infection.

Bacteriologic evaluation of sinus aspirates taken by balloon catheter devices in chronic rhinosinusitis: preliminary study.

Purpose: Chronic rhinosinusitis (CRS) is known to be a polymicrobial infection involving both aerobes and Gram-positive and Gram-negative anaerobes. Accurate bacterial evaluation by adequate culture methods can justify subsequent antimicrobial strategies.

Methods: Two specimens were obtained from each of 10 patients undergoing catheter-based Balloon Sinuplasty™, one from the middle meatus (endoscopic approach) and the other from the sinus (catheter-based approach).

Maxillary sinus infundibulum narrowing influences sinus abnormalities in spite of the presence or absence of allergy.

Conclusion: Maxillary sinus abnormalities were demonstrated to be associated with maxillary sinus infundibulum narrowing as well as nasal airflow resistance secondary to nonspecific nasal inflammation.

Objectives: There is no consensus regarding the pathogenetic roles of allergy and anatomic variations in sinus mucosa abnormalities. We investigated the correlation between allergy and anatomic variations in sinus abnormalities in chronic rhinitis patients in the presence or absence of allergy.

Comparison of bacterial examinations between eosinophilic and neutrophilic chronic rhinosinusitis with nasal polyps.

Conclusion: We found no significant differences in the bacterial features of the maxillary sinuses between eosinophilic and neutrophilic chronic rhinosinusitis (CRS) with nasal polyps.

Objectives: Since neutrophilic CRS is often influenced by a predisposition to bacterial infection, and eosinophilic CRS is likely to be developed by allergic antigens, differences in the microbiology between the two pathologies of CRS can be expected. The present study was designed to investigate the bacterial findings from the maxillary sinus in eosinophilic and neutrophilic CRS.

Bacteriology of recurrent exacerbation of postoperative course in chronic rhinosinusitis in relation to asthma.

Objectives: Co-mobidity of asthma is known to result in a poor prognosis of post-endoscopic sinus surgery (post-ESS). Bacterial infection may play a key role in recurrent pathophysiology of sinusitis in post-ESS.

Methods: Forty-two patients with CRS associated with asthma undergoing ESS were enrolled.

Relationship between olfactory acuity and peak expiratory flow during postoperative follow-up in chronic rhinosinusitis associated with asthma.

Objectives: The link between nasal and bronchial disease has been studied extensively for chronic rhinosinusitis and asthma. The concept of "united airway allergy" has become widely accepted in the past decade. We evaluated the relationship between the upper and lower airways during follow-up after endoscopic sinus surgery by monitoring sinonasal and pulmonary functions.

Inhibitory action of roxithromycin on histamine release and prostaglandin D2 production from beta-defensin 2-stimulated mast cells.

The long-term, low-dose therapy with the 14-membered macrolides is well known to be effective for treatment of chronic airway inflammation. Although the mode of macrolides on neutrophils, monocytes, and epithelial cells has been investigated, the effect of macrolides on mast cell function is sparsely reported on. We first examined the effect of roxithromycin (RXM) on mast cell functions activated by human beta-defensin-2 (hBD-2).