Endoscopic Screening for Laryngotracheal Complications in Children Following Prolonged Mechanical Ventilation Maintained Through Endotracheal Intubation: A Cross-Sectional Pilot Project.

Background: An endoscopic screening program following successful weaning from prolonged mechanical ventilation maintained through endotracheal tube (ET; ) may be justified to assess the upper (laryngotracheal) airway in children who may not always be symptomatic for intubation-related complications.

Objectives: To evaluate effects of prolonged intubation in children through endoscopic screening of the laryngotracheal airway.

Methods: In this cross-sectional pilot project, children (2 months-12 years) successfully extubated following prolonged intubation were selected, irrespective of having symptoms, for a 1-time flexible nasolaryngoscopy at third to sixth month post-extubation (follow-up window).

Syndromic Association of Depigmentation With Congenital Hearing Loss: A Review of Three Children With Auditory Pigmentary Disorders.

Congenital depigmentation may be associated with congenital sensorineural hearing loss leading to non-development of verbal speech. To illustrate the clinical features and work-up of 3 children diagnosed with auditory pigmentary disorders (APDs). Case series with a review of the literature.

Solitary Isolated Oropharyngeal Neurofibroma Presenting With Dysphagia in the Setting of Von Recklinghausen's Disease.

A 24-year-old man with von Recklinghausen's disease presented with complaints of difficulty in swallowing for 6 months and change of voice for 3 months. He also had recent-onset difficulty in breathing. Telelaryngoscopy and subsequent contrast-enhanced computed tomography scan revealed a well-defined, smooth submucosal mass in the oropharynx (attached to the posterior pharyngeal wall, superior to the level of left aryepiglottic fold), obscuring the ipsilateral pyriform fossa, and nearly blocking the pharyngeal lumen.

Series of Atypical Rhinosporidiosis: Our Experience in Western Part of West Bengal.

Rhinosporidiosis is a chronic granulomatous disease caused by . It usually presents as sessile or pedunculated granular polyp, red in colour with multiple yellowish pin-head sized dots. Atypical presentations due to involvement of extra-nasal sites may produce diagnostic dilemma.

Conidiobolomycosis: An Unusual Fungal Disease-Our Experience.

Conidiobolomycosis is a rare mycotic disease caused by . Very few cases have been reported in English literature. Often it is clinically misdiagnosed as soft tissue tumour.

A rare cause of nasolacrimal duct obstruction: dentigerous cyst in the maxillary sinus.

The most common abnormality of the lacrimal drainage system is congenital or acquired nasolacrimal duct obstruction. The causes of acquired nasolacrimal duct obstruction may be primary or secondary. The secondary acquired obstructions may result from infection, inflammation, neoplasm, trauma or mechanical causes.

Care of nasal airway to prevent orthodontic problems in children.

Obstruction in the upper respiratory passage is a cause of mouth breathing. A mouth breather lowers the tongue position to facilitate the flow of air in to the expanding lungs. The state of equilibrium of forces inside themouth is disturbed, thereby resulting altered soft tissue force acting on the bones in between.

Geriatric problems in otolaryngology.

Overall data in the feld of 'gerontology' are scarce in India. Some major geriatric problems in otolaryngology like presbyacusis, disequilibrium, vertigo, tinnitus, nasal and pharyngeal changes, voice change, dysphagia, arthritis, snoring, falls, have been briefly addressed to in the present article.