Giant antrochoanal polyp--case report and literature review.

Introduction: Antrochoanal polyp is a benign tumor of the maxillary sinus mucosa passing through the sinus ostium into the nasal cavity. Nasal obstruction is the most common symptom in all patients.

Case Report: The authors present a case of a 28-year old female who was admitted to hospital with breathing difficulty, unilateral nasal secretion, headache and deformity of the nasal pyramid.

Paradoxical movements of the epiglottis--a rare cause of respiratory obstruction and its surgical treatment.

Introduction: The aim of this paper was to present a rare disorder of epiglottis function as a cause of breathing disorders and a manner of dealing with this problem.

Case Report: A 59-year-old male patient had breathing disorders in the form of short cessations of breathing two months after a cardiac surgery. He could not tolerate even a slight physical effort.