Bilateral glossopharyngeal nerve paralysis after tonsillectomy: case report and anatomic study.

Objective: To present a case report and to propose an anatomic explanation for a rare complication of tonsillectomy, severe dysphagia caused by bilateral paralysis of the glossopharyngeal nerve.

Study Design: Retrospective case review and prospective cadaveric dissection.

Methods: The medical record and radiologic data were reviewed from a patient who had severe dysphagia after tonsillectomy.

Odontoma of the middle ear: case report with 25-year follow-up.

We report the 25-year follow-up on the first reported case of odontoma in the middle ear. Diagnosis of odontoma had been made on the basis of radiography films that showed a middle ear mass with multiple toothlike areas of radiopacity. No clinical intervention was recommended.

Comparison of ThinPrep versus conventional smear cytopreparatory techniques for fine-needle aspiration specimens of head and neck masses.

Objectives: Diagnostic accuracy of the ThinPrep process (Cytyc, Boxborough, MA) was compared with that of conventional (smear) cytopreparation for fine-needle aspiration (FNA) of head and neck masses.

Methods: In a prospective, randomized, single-blinded study, 209 patients served as their own controls and underwent 236 FNAs using ThinPrep and conventional (smear) cytopreparatory techniques.

Results: ThinPrep produced less air-drying artifact and less mechanical distortion than the conventional method.