Publications by authors named "Krifa N"
Introduction: Nasal meningocele, which is usually congenital, is a rare anomaly resulting from meningeal herniation into the nasal cavities through a bone defect in the skull base.
Case Report: An 8-day-old boy was referred with respiratory disturbance and nasal obstruction. Examination showed a cyst-like grayish swelling filling the right nasal cavity.
Background: Necrotizing otitis externa is a potentially lethal form of otitis externa which occurs mainly in elderly diabetic.
Aim: To study the clinical, diagnostic and therapeutic aspects of necrotizing otitis externa and to describe the outcomes of this disease.
Methods: We report in this retrospective study, a series of 36 patients treated in our department for necrotizing otitis externa over a period of 9 years.
[Bronchoscopic findings in children with prolonged respiratory symptoms].
Rev Laryngol Otol Rhinol (Bord)
November 2009
Objective: This retrospective study aims to establish an algorithm indicating a bronchoscopy, based on clinical and radiological criteria predictive of the presence of a foreign body (FB), in children with prolonged respiratory symptoms and no history of foreign body aspiration (FBA); to establish a study of these criteria and to compare the clinical, radiological and broncoscopic findings in such cases.
Methods: We chose to review the records of 73 children (age < or = 15 years) with prolonged respiratory symptoms (for at least 15 days) and no history of FBA who underwent bronchoscopy at our institution between 1996 and 2005.
Results: The mean age was 3 years and 2 months, the majority of the patients were between 1 and 3 years of age (56%), 59% of the patients were boys and the mean of evolution of symptoms before the broncoscopy was 3 months and 3 weeks.
Objective: Fungal necrotizing otitis externa is rare, although its frequency has increased over the last few years. We report four cases, which to our knowledge make up the largest series published and discuss the main diagnostic problems and the management of this infection.
Observations: Our study investigated two men and two women, all diabetics, aged between 69 and 74 years.
Objective: Discussion of the clinical and paraclinical features of a rare tumor in the nasopharynx, the NK/T-cell lymphoma, with an emphasis on the implications of Epstein Barr Virus (EBV) in its pathogenesis and prognosis.
Cases Report: We report the cases of a woman and a man aged 34 and 48, respectively. Clinical presentation was non-specific and diagnosis was established with deep biopsies under general anesthesia.