Publications by authors named "Letizia Meier"
Article Synopsis
- Chronic rhinosinusitis is a common condition that greatly affects patients and society, with treatment approaches guided by the EPOS2020 guidelines focusing on the disease's molecular mechanisms and phenotypes.
- Biologics have gained attention as a promising treatment option, especially for patients who do not respond well to standard therapies, but their use brings complexities due to associated costs and the need to manage comorbid conditions.
- To effectively navigate these challenges, it's essential to form specialized boards with clinicians from various fields to develop tailored treatment recommendations for patients.
We report about a case of a woman in her 50s with a chondrosarcoma of the petrous apex. She has a strabism due to a right-sided amblyopia since childhood and noticed a slowly progressive squint angle in the last months. Her general practitioner (GP) referred her to an ophthalmologist who diagnosed a left abducens paresis and initiated an MRI demonstrating a mass in the left petrous apex.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFA retrospective analysis to quantify age-related changes of the incudo-malleolar joint (IMJ) and incudo-stapedial joint (ISJ), and to analyse changes in the air-bone gap (ABG) with age, was performed. Defined histologic parameters of 153 IMJ and 106 ISJ from subjects aged from birth to 70 years were correlated to age. Additionally, audiograms of 1760 ears of 974 other subjects aged 20 to 80 years were retrospectively analysed and the ABG was correlated to age.
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