Intraoral ultrasonography: an adjunct in oral onco-surgery.

Objective: To determine the precision and accuracy of intraoral sonography in assessing the depth of invasion in oral cancer.

Material And Methods: A prospective study was conducted in 30 cases of oral cancer. Subjects were subjected to computerised tomography and intraoral sonography before surgery.

Long Term Health-Related Quality of Life with Differentiated Thyroid Cancer in Goiter Endemic Area.

Health related quality of life (HRQOL) is a multidimensional concept that encompasses the patient's perceptions of his or her physical, emotional, social, and cognitive functions. Despite DTC patients' long survival, HRQOL has been shown to be lower than in the general population. There is a scarcity of data on HRQOL in thyroid cancer in the Indian population and especially goiter endemic area.

Sonographic and Cytological Evaluation of Salivary Gland Tumors.

Introduction: Salivary gland tumours are relatively uncommon, but they have a multifaceted clinical presentation and varied morphological configuration. The investigations required for these tumours remain debatable. We conducted a study to determine the accuracy of various modalities used in salivary gland tumours.

Is Laser Better than Cold Steel (Dissection and Snare) for Tonsillectomy?

Objective: To analyse the surgical outcome of CO laser assisted tonsillectomy with the cold steel (conventional dissection and snare) tonsillectomy.

Materials And Methods: This prospective, non-randomised, single blind study was conducted in 25 cases suffering with recurrent tonsillitis. The left tonsillectomy was performed with CO laser while the right tonsil was excised using cold steel method (conventional dissection and snare method).

Covid 19 Associated Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension and Acute Vision loss.

Headache is a frequent complaint in COVID-19 while intracranial hypertension leading to acute vision loss is unusual. A 49-years-old female presented with persistent headache and vision loss and was found Covid 19 positive. Investigations suggested Covid 19 associated intracranial hypertension.

Kimura's Disease-A Rare Cause of Postauricular Swelling: A Case Report from the Hilly Region.

Kimura's disease (KD) is a chronic inflammatory disorder of the lymph node which is very rare in the Indian population. A 34-year-old female presented with left postauricular region swelling for the past 3 years at an outpatient department. On histopathological examination, it was diagnosed as KD.

Synovial Sarcoma of Ethmoidal Sinus.

 Synovial sarcoma is an aggressive soft tissue cancer of extremities mainly and rare in head and neck region, whereas rarest in ethmoidal sinus as only three cases have been reported till date.  We managed two cases of synovial sarcoma who presented with nasal obstruction, epistaxis, and swelling around the nasofacial region. Endoscopic nasal biopsy and immunohistochemistry markers confirmed synovial sarcoma in both the cases.

Nasal Polyposis and Its Association with Cardiac Functions.

Objective: The aim of the study was to ascertain the effect of nasal polyposis on cardiac functions.

Material And Methods: A prospective randomized interventional open-label endpoint-controlled study was conducted in an academic tertiary care hospital. Thirty-one patients with chronic rhinosinusitis with nasal polyposis were enrolled and administered fluticasone furoate nasal spray for 3 weeks before randomly segregation into surgical or medical group.

Effect of Vitiligo on Auditory Functions: Is There Any Association?

 Vitiligo is an acquired pigmentary disorder of unknown etiology, clinically characterized by whitish macules caused by selective loss of melanocytes. There are many melanocytes in the human cochlea. Recent studies have suggested a direct relation between cochlear dysfunction and decreased amounts of melanin.

Effect of HIV and Antiretroviral Treatment on Auditory Functions.

 Numerous studies have evaluated auditory functions in human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) patients; however, these studies had a few major limitations in terms of methodology as they used mainly evoked audiometry although this method is expensive, time consuming and not widely available. Therefore, we conducted a study in naïve HIV subjects with routine audiometry.  To determine the effect of HIV and of the drugs used to treat it on the auditory functions.

Isolated tubercular hypoglossal nerve paralysis.

Hypoglossal nerve palsy is not an uncommon neurological finding but primary nasopharyngeal tuberculosis (TB) presenting as hypoglossal nerve palsy is very rare. A 31-year-old woman presented with headache and progressive tongue deviation towards the right side. Diagnostic nasal endoscopy revealed soft tissue mass lesion on the posterior wall of nasopharynx while MRI revealed isointense tumour in nasopharynx with normal hypoglossal nerve and brain.

An epidemiological study on patients undergoing dacryocystorhinostomy.

Dacryocystorhinostomy is performed in patients with naso-lacrimal duct obstruction to bypass the site of obstruction so as to relieve the patient of the irritating and socially embarrassing symptoms of epiphora. We discuss the various epidemiological aspects especially the vast difference by which the females out-number the males in patients undergoing DCR and the likely explanations for this difference in our study on 74 patients which underwent DCR in our institute.