Obstructive sleep apnea syndrome as a rare presentation in a young girl with a central nervous system tumor.

Unlabelled: Sleep-related breathing disorders are a common problem in infancy and childhood. The most common type of sleep-related breathing disorder in this age group is obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (OSAS), generally caused by factors affecting airway patency, such as tonsillar hypertrophy or obesity. However, in adults OSAS can also be caused by processes affecting the brainstem, such as central nervous system tumors.

Sudden onset hearing loss following intra-abdominal surgery: an unusual association.

We describe the case of a 12-year-old boy who reported unilateral hearing loss following laparoscopic appendicectomy for acute appendicitis under general anaesthesia. He was otherwise fit and well with no previous otological history. Formal audiological assessment by pure tone audiogram demonstrated a unilateral high-frequency sensorineural hearing loss (SNHL).

Hyperacusis in children: The Edinburgh experience.

Objectives: This study aimed to determine the factors associated with hyperacusis in children referred to an audiology-led paediatric hyperacusis clinic in a Paediatric tertiary centre. It also aimed to identify current management strategies in paediatric hyperacusis and their outcomes.

Methods: Retrospective cohort study conducted by case note and AuditBase review over a 5-year period (March 2010 to March 2015) in a tertiary Paediatric ENT and Audiology service.

The pathology of visible blood vessels on the nasal septum in children with epistaxis.

Objective: Epistaxis is common in children, but its cause remains unknown. About half the children who present with epistaxis have prominent vessels on the nasal septum. The aim of this study was to determine the pathological nature of the prominent septal vessels in children with recurrent epistaxis.

Conservative management of a large postlaryngectomy neopharyngeal diverticulum.

Dysphagia is common following total laryngectomy. Postlaryngectomy neopharyngeal diverticulae are known to cause postlaryngectomy dysphagia but are more frequently asymptomatic. We report a case presenting with late-onset postlaryngectomy dysphagia and a suprastomal swelling secondary to such a diverticulum.

Post-tonsillectomy hemorrhage: cold versus hot dissection.

Objective: The aim of our study was to assess the rate of reactionary and secondary posttonsillectomy hemorrhage using "cold" dissection and bipolar diathermy and to determine whether there was any difference in the postoperative hemorrhage rate between the 2 methods.

Methods: This was a prospective study of all patients undergoing tonsillectomy between November 8, 1999 and November 7, 2000 in a tertiary medical centre. The data collected included patient identity, age, gender, date of surgery, method of operation, and complications (if any).

Human error identification: an analysis of myringotomy and ventilation tube insertion.

Objectives: To use a human reliability assessment tool to identify commonly occurring errors during myringotomy and ventilation tube (VT) insertion and to quantify the likelihood of error occurrence.

Methods: Error-free task analysis for myringotomy and VT insertion was defined at the outset. Fifty-five consecutive myringotomy and VT insertion procedures were videotaped.

Ear, nose and throat manifestations of ectodermal dysplasia.

This review of ectodermal dyplasias (ED) presents the particular syndromes that might present to the otolaryngologist for management and discusses the ear, nose and throat manifestations of the condition.

MR findings in intralabyrinthine schwannomas.

Aim: Intralabyrinthine schwannomas (ILS) are rare benign tumours. They are not always recognized on routine magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). We aimed to study the clinical presentation and MRI findings in our patients with ILS.