Misdiagnosis of a fungus ball in the middle ear as chronic suppurative otitis media.

Background: Middle ear infections caused by fungi are commonly identified through laboratory tests like fungal smears, culture, and DNA detection. There are two types of ear infections caused by fungi: middle ear fungal infections and fungal otitis media. Both fungal otitis media and fungus balls in the middle ear are increasingly rare.

Prevention and care for moisture-associated skin damage: A scoping review.

Objective: Moisture-associated skin damage (MASD) is an inflammatory skin condition caused by long-term exposure to a moist environment, which can compromise the integrity of the barrier and increase pain. This scoping review aimed to systematically analyze the research status of prevention and care for MASD.

Methods: We conducted a scoping review following the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses extension for Scoping Reviews.

Treatment of external auditory canal stenosis and atresia after transcanal endoscopic ear surgery.

Purpose: To discuss the treatment of external auditory canal stenosis or atresia occurring as a complication of transcanal endoscopic ear surgery.

Materials And Methods: We retrospectively analyzed the medical records of 11 patients who developed external auditory canal stenosis or atresia after undergoing transcanal endoscopic ear surgery. The 10 patients with stenosis were treated with external auditory canal expansion via drainage tube insertion; 2 of these patients further received local injections of triamcinolone acetonide.

Outcomes of transcanal endoscopic middle ear surgery for congenital cholesteatoma.

Background: Transcanal endoscopic surgery offers advantages for congenital cholesteatoma (CC) which is expanding cystic mass located on an intact tympanic membrane.

Objectives: To determine the efficacy of transcanal endoscopic ear surgery for the treatment of CC.

Material And Methods: Eleven patients with CC confined to the middle ear underwent transcanal endoscopic ear surgery by surgeons who were skilled in otoscopic surgery.

Risk factors and survival outcomes of laryngeal squamous cell carcinoma patients with lung metastasis: A population-based study.

Objective: It remains elusive which factors may influence the morbidity and mortality of lung metastasis (LM) in Laryngeal Squamous Cell Carcinoma (LSCC) patients. The aim of the present study was to investigate factors influencing LM and the survival outcomes of LSCC patients with LM.

Methods: We identified 10,935 patients with LSCC from 2010 to 2014 using the Surveillance, Epidemiology and End Results database.

Increased serum pentraxin-3 level predicts poor prognosis in patients with colorectal cancer after curative surgery, a cohort study.

Pentraxin-3 (PTX3) is a glycoprotein involved in inflammation and immune regulation of cancer. The aim of this study was to evaluate the serum PTX3 level in patients with colorectal cancer (CRC) and analyze its prognostic significance.A total of 263 consecutive patients underwent radical resection for primary CRC and 126 healthy controls were enrolled in this study.

[Research of gene chip detection and gene expression profile of nasal polyps].

Objective: To investigate the gene expression profile by using gene chip technology and probe into the role of corresponding gene in the pathogenesis of nasal polyps by analysing the difference of the gene depression.

Method: The total RNAs were respectively extracted from 6 pairs of inferior turbinates and nasal polyps, and then were reversely transcribed to cDNAs with incorporation of fluorescent dUTP as the hybridization probes. The mixed probes were then hybridized with the BiostarH-40 s gene chips, it was scanned by laser scanner and the acquired image was analyzed by software.