Publications by authors named "O Merrot"

Persistent Postural-Perceptual Dizziness (PPPD) is a chronic functional disorder that manifests with symptoms of dizziness, unsteadiness or non-spinning vertigo that lasts for at least three months. These symptoms are exacerbated by upright posture, active or passive motion, and exposure to complex or moving visual stimuli. This -pathology has been known for a long time ago.

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Objectives: To illustrate, via a case report, how a differential diagnosis of amyloidosis is to be suspected in case of a nasopharyngeal mass.

Case Report: A 59-year-old woman presented with bilateral nasal obstruction with associated episodic tubal dysfunction. Physical examination found a mass occupying the entire nasopharynx, initially suggestive of tumor.

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Purpose: To report the case of an unusual multicentric Epstein-Barr virus (EBV)-associated extranodal nasal-type natural killer T-cell lymphoma masquerading as unilateral panuveitis, diagnosed with an anterior chamber tap.

Methods: The clinical history and the morphological, immunohistochemical, and molecular features of a 51-year-old white man with left severe panuveitis were retrospectively evaluated.

Results: The patient initially presented with a 3-month history of recalcitrant sinusitis and new onset of unilateral loss of vision.

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Supraglottic laryngeal paraganglioma.

Eur Ann Otorhinolaryngol Head Neck Dis

June 2010

Introduction: Laryngeal paraganglioma is a rare, mainly supraglottic, tumor.

Clinical Case: A 67-year-old woman was operated on in June 2009 for supraglottic laryngeal paraganglioma, with simple postoperative course.

Discussion: Anatomopathologic features, malignant paraganglioma and the various possible treatments are presented and discussed.

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Objective: To describe diagnostic and therapeutic management of a rare parotid lesion: sclerosing polycystic adenosis.

Patient And Method: We report a case of persistent right intraparotid tumefaction.

Results: A 68-year-old man was referred with a right parotid nodule of 2 years' evolution.

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