Airway obstruction secondary to rhinoscleroma during pregnancy.

Dyspnea is a fairly common complaint during pregnancy. However, if one excludes allergic nasal congestion of pregnancy, upper airway obstruction is a distinctly uncommon cause of dyspnea in the pregnant patient. Three cases of laryngeal rhinoscleroma in pregnant women requiring tracheostomy for airway management are reported.

Perineural invasion in skin cancer of the head and neck: a review of nine cases.

Purpose: To review the management and outcome of skin cancer of the head and neck with perineural invasion, a relatively uncommon and complex condition, in nine patients treated between 1965 and 1991.

Patients: Seven patients had skin cancers that were larger than 2 cm. All lesions were moderately or poorly differentiated.

Idiopathic facial nerve paralysis: a randomized double blind controlled study of placebo versus prednisone.

Idiopathic facial nerve paralysis (IFNP) is a common malady. Because its etiology is unclear, there are a variety of treatment options. Studies to date have not clearly established the benefits of treatment with oral steroids (prednisone).