Publications by authors named "Lucyna Klimczak-Golab"

Sinus tumors are arduous to diagnose due to often prolonging asymptomatic course until the infiltration of the adjacent structures occurs. Therefore, patients are diagnosed with advanced-stage disease, which negatively affects the treatment outcomes. A 60-year-old male was referred to our ward from an outpatient clinic.

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Küttner's tumor is a benign tumour-like lesion of the salivary glands. Predominantly affects the submandibular gland. It is also known as chronic sclerosing sialoadenitis or cirrhosis of submandibular gland.

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Diffusion tensor imaging is unique in its ability to non-invasively visualize white matter fiber tracts in the human brain in vivo. White matter fiber bundles of the human brain form a spatial defined by the anatomical and functional architecture. Determination of axonal pathways provides an invaluable means to study the connectivity of human brain and its functional network.

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Introduction: Salivary gland neoplasms represent the diverse group of tumours encountered by the head and neck surgeons.

Material And Methods: The study is analysis of 531 patients with parotid gland tumours in patients treated in ENT Department during 1986-2006. We analysed surgical treatment and intraoperative tumour stage.

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For many years otosclerosis has been an interesting otologic problem in regard to pathological and clinical aspects. Many various conceptions of otosclerosis development which finally lead to the stapes immobility in the oval window were discussed. Resent genetic studies indicate that genetic factors as a cause of otosclerosis possibly in combination with other factors localize 3 genes responsible for otosclerosis to chromosom 15q25q-q26, 7q34-36, 6p21-22.

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Introduction: In obliterative type of otosclerosis the stapes footplate is greatly thickened and diffusely replaced by a massive otosclerotic masses that fill in the oval window niche, often annular ligament cannot be visualized. In the case of obliterative otosclerosis the only effective way of treatment is surgery.

Material And Methods: The analysed group consisted of 53 patients with primary obliterative otosclerosis.

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Authors present audiometric results of 1200 patients with otosclerosis post stapedotomy. Air-conduction, bone-conduction and air-bone gap was measured prior the surgery and 12 months post stapedotomy for frequencies 0.5, 1.

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One of the problems in the stapes surgery is the floating footplate. The frequency of incidence of this complication is 2% to 5.8% of all operations.

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The aim of the study was evaluation of the hearing ability on the base of air conduction threshold at extended range of high frequencies in young subjects with primary arterial hypertension. Lack of internationally accepted reference value of air conduction hearing threshold at extended frequency range resulted in own evaluation of the audiometric zero point for air conduction at the range 8-18 kHz in "otologically healthy" subjects younger than 20 years. Detection of impaired hearing of the extended high frequencies range in young subjects with primary arterial hypertension may be useful in diagnostics of hypertension as well as in prophylactic examinations in the group of individuals with high risk of primary hypertension.

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34 patients with otosclerosis operated at the ENT Clinic, were enrolled in this study. Prior and 4 months after stapedotomy the signal of DPOAE and the threshold levels for air and bone conduction were evaluated. No signal of otoacoustic emissions was registered in any of the patients prior stapedotomy.

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Since the publication of Miodoński, Zollner and Wullstein different methods and grafting materials have been promoted in tympanoplasty. The purpose of this study was to demonstrate the anatomical and functional results of tympanoplasty in comparison with the material used. The studies included a selected group of 142 patients who were operated on because of perforation of tympanic membrane.

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This study reports the results of otosclerosis surgery performed during the past thirty years (1973-2002) in the ENT Clinic in Katowice. The authors present difficult anatomic relationships in the tympanic cavity which might have an influence on stapes surgery. Audiometric evaluation of 100 bilateral stapedotomies performed in 50 patients revealed that a small--hole stapedotomy is a safe technique and could be performed bilaterally.

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Since the publication of Miodoński, Zollner and Wullstein different methods and grafting materials have been promoted in tympanoplastic surgery. The purpose of this study was to demonstrate the anatomical and functional results of tympanoplastic surgery with the use of cartilage and perichondrium grafts. The studies included a selected group of 112 patients who were operated on because of perforation of tympanic membrane.

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Authors have described the case of 67 years women with an anterior midline neck tumor. The tumor was surgically excited and the microscope examination revealed thyroid tissue with colloid goiter. One must consider a midline ectopic thyroid gland in the differential diagnosis of masses in the neck.

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An extremely rare case of the 21 years women with the tuberculosis of the tympanic cavity behind the intact tympanic membrane was presented. The authors have described the clinical picture, diagnosis difficulties and ways of therapy. A surgical treatment and antituberculosis treatment was satisfactory.

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Authors described an extremely rare case of primary lipoma of the middle ear in 8-years old girl. A histological structure, localisation and occurrence of this tumor in the temporal bone was discussed on the basis of the literature. Authors have presented symptomatology, diagnosis difficulties and treatment of primary lipoma of the middle ear.

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Study was carried out in frequency range 8-18 kHz with audiometer AS 10 HF. Lack of internationally accepted reference value of the hearing threshold of air conduction at extended frequency range resulted in own evaluation of the audiometric zero point for air conduction at the range 8-18 kHz in "otologically healthy" subjects younger than 20 years. They were divided into subgroup A and B according to age.

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