Aberrant internal carotid artery in the temporal bone: imaging findings and management.

Objectives: To describe the clinical and radiological features of the vascular anomaly aberrant internal carotid artery (ICA) in the temporal bone and to discuss management strategies.

Design: Retrospective study.

Patients: Sixteen cases of aberrant ICA were diagnosed between 1982 and 2003.

Sudden sensorineural hearing loss as a revealing symptom of vestibular schwannoma.

Conclusions: Sudden sensorineural hearing loss (SSHL) is a frequent symptom of vestibular schwannoma (VS), often reveals small VSs and does not exhibit specific features. Therefore, every case of SSHL should be evaluated using systematic MRI to rule out VS in order to improve hearing and preservation facial nerve function.

Objective: SSHL leads to the discovery of a VS in a small proportion of cases (2%).

Vertebrobasilar occlusive disorders presenting as sudden sensorineural hearing loss.

Background: Isolated sudden sensorineural hearing loss (SSHL) has been rarely related to vertebrobasilar occlusive disorders (VBOD). This is an important issue for both neurologists and otolaryngologists, since the management and prognosis of this type of hearing loss widely differs from that of hearing loss from other causes.

Objectives: To describe the clinical characteristics and report the incidence of SSHL related to VBOD.

[Endoscopic resection of the frontal sinus floor following the Draf procedure: long term results and therapeutic algorithm].

Objectives: Endoscopic resection of the frontal sinus floor is a minimally invasive and functional surgical procedure designed for the treatment of inflammatory sinus diseases, which avoids the side-effects of external osteoplastic obliteration. The aim of the study was to evaluate long term results and to determine computed tomographic criteria predictive of success.

Patients And Methods: Our study reports the results of 20 patients operated for nasofrontal stenosis associated or not with osteitis or secondary mucocele.

[Giant pleomorphic adenoma of the parotid gland: a case report and review of the literature].

We report the case history of a 72-year-old patient who had a giant parotid adenoma that developed over 12 years. Worrisome clinical signs started to develop when the tumor had reached the size of 50 cm and a weight of 2.6 kg.