Publications by authors named "Naif Alfattani"

Orbital complications are the second most common complications of endoscopic sinus surgery (ESS), and orbital hematoma is the most frequent orbital complication. An orbital abscess is usually associated with rhinosinusitis, and a few cases of orbital abscesses occurring after orbital trauma have been reported. However, orbital abscess occurring after ESS is rare.

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Objectives Chronic rhinosinusitis (CRS) is the persistent inflammation of the mucosal lining of the paranasal sinuses (PNS). By definition, the inflammatory process persists beyond 12 weeks. One of its subtypes is allergic fungal rhinosinusitis (AFRS), which has a high risk of recurrence, leading to revision surgery.

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A 27-year-old female, married with two children, presented to our clinic with a 1-year history of thyroid swelling and pressure symptoms on lying backward and bilateral cervical lymphadenopathy. The patient was a known case of panhypopituitarism for 5 years. Comprehensive patient evaluation including FNAC with papillary thyroid cancer result then she underwent total thyroidectomy and bilateral neck dissection and final histologic examination confirmed papillary thyroid carcinoma in the background of lymphocytic thyroiditis, associated with Langerhans cell histiocytosis (LCH).

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