[Destructive mastoiditis with thrombosis of the sigmoid sinus in a 8 year-old child presenting with concomitant chicken pox].

The specific clinical feature of mastoidities that developed in a patient presenting with chicken pox was the rapid progress in temporal bone destruction with partial thrombosis of the sigmoid sinusis in the absence of typical manifestations of mastoiditis. The pronounced destructive changes found in a series of CT images were regarded as the indications for urgent antromastoidotomy with the puncture of the sigmoid sinusis.

[Adenoids].

The author discusses terminology and classification of adenoids. The definition of pharyngeal tonsil hypertrophy is proposed to emphasize the clinical and topographic relation of this condition to the lymphopharyngeal ring. Moreover, it is proposed to introduce the terms «compensated, uncompensated, and decompensated» forms of pharyngeal tonsil pathology by analogy with acute and chronic tonsillitis.

[Surgical operations for the improvement of hearing in the children: the current state of the problem. Part II. Ossiculoplasty, stapedoplasty, shunting of the tympanic cavity, cochlear implantation].

The second part of this review paper devoted to the modern views of the problem of cophosurgery in Russia is concerned with the methods of ossiculoplasty, stapedoplasty, and shunting of the tympanic cavity. The results of the Russian-language and foreign publications are compared. Especially much attention is given to the problem of cochlear implantation in this country with reference to the achievements of Russian specialists in this field.

[Hearing-enhancing surgery in the children; the current state-of-the-art. Part 1. Tympanoplasty and myringoplasty].

This review of the current Russian-language and foreign literature is centered on the problem of hearing-enhancing operations in the children. The detailed data on tympanoplasty and myringoplasty are presented in conjunction with the indications and contraindications for these surgical interventions. Selected stages of operations are described with special reference to complicated cases.

[Comparative characteristics of computed tomography and dissection of the temporal bone in young children].

The authors undertook the comparative analysis of the data obtained during layer-by-layer dissection and computed tomography of temporal bones from young children. It is concluded that the results of the study should be taken into consideration during surgery on the middle ear in young children.