[Rare case of giant fibrovascular polyp of the esophagus].

The benign lesions of esophagus constitutes small part of all esophageal tumors and among them giant esophageal polyps are exceptionally rarely reported. The authors present the uncommon case of pedunculated giant fibrovascular polyp (lenght 12cm and diameter 2cm) in the esophagus in a 79-years-old woman who was admitted to our department because of hoarseness, throat discomfort during swallowing and endoral tumor regurgitation during cough. The polyp was removed by minimally invasive approach by endoscopic procedure which was particularly important in our patient because of her advanced age.

[Vestibular system in patients with systemic sclerosis].

Objectives: In systemic sclerosis (SSc) there may occur hearing and balance disorders as a result of the immune-mediated inner ear damage, the etiology being vasculitis and fibrosis. The objective is the vestibular organ evaluation in patients with SSc regarding their prevalence and relationship to duration of the disease and Raynaud phenomenon and also to type and severity of SSc.

Material: Twenty unselected, consecutive patients with diagnosed SSc, complying with international diagnostic criteria of the American Rheumatism Association (1982), were enrolled into the study.

Auditory function in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus.

Objective: Patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) may develop hearing and balance disorders as a result of the immune-mediated inner ear damage due to vasculitis or ototoxicity of drugs used in SLE treatment. The aim of the study was evaluation of the hearing organ disorders in patients with SLE with particular regard to their prevalence and relationship to duration and severity of disease. The severity was assessed from involvement of organs that resulted in poorer SLE outcome, i.

Hearing organ disorders in patients with systemic sclerosis.

In systemic sclerosis (SSc), there may develop hearing and balance disorders as a result of the immune-mediated vasculitis and fibrosis in the inner ear. The objective of the study was evaluation of the hearing organ function in patients with SSc with relationship to duration of the disease and Raynaud phenomenon and also to type and severity of the disease. Twenty unselected, consecutive patients with SSc diagnosed in compliance with the international diagnostic criteria of the American Rheumatism Association (1982), were enrolled into the study.

[Subdural abscess in course of chronic sinusitis--a case report].

Subdural empyema is an uncommon and serious complication of sinusitis. Authors reported a case of 34-year-old man without internal loads/ chronic diseases in the course of chronic sinusitis of odontogenic origin. Diagnostic procedures were described.

[Phenotypic evaluation of patients with Pendred syndrome].

Introduction: The Pendred syndrome (PS) is an autosomally recessively inherited disease. Its diagnosis requires identification of the classical triad of symptoms, including hypoacusis, thyroid goitre and iodine organification defect in the thyroid, which may lead to thyroid functional disorders of hypothyroidism. SP is accompanied by anatomical anomalies.

[Extrapulmonary tuberculosis in the patients of otholaryngology department--case reports].

Unlabelled: Tubercle bacillus infection is widespread in all areas of the world and affects one-third of the human population. Tuberculosis can affect each organ in the body and although the most common presentation is pulmonary tuberculosis it can also develop in laryngological organs. THE AIM OF THE STUDY was the analyze symptomatology and also the diagnostic and therapeutic process of tuberculosis in the larynx, the lymph nodes of the neck, the ear and the palatine tonsils.

[Secondary tuberculosis of palatine tonsils--the case report and review of literature].

Introduction: Tuberculosis, though rarely, is still present in the anatomical area of the laryngological examination.

Material And Methods: A case of 45-year-old woman with secondary tonsillar tuberculosis and poorly symptomatic pulmonary involvement is reported.

Results: She presented with symptoms of chronic tonsillitis and was subjected to tonsillectomy.

Phenotypes of SLC26A4 gene mutations: Pendred syndrome and hypoacusis with enlarged vestibular aqueduct.

This paper presents the current views, regarding the pathomechanisms, which lead to the development of pathological symptoms in the enlargement of the vestibular aqueduct syndrome (EVAS) and the Pendred syndrome (PS). Associated phenotypes have been discussed and an attempt has been undertaken to correlate them with a corresponding genotype. Mutations of SLC26A4 gene are one of the factors, which are at the base of congenital hearing losses.