Case report of laryngeal infection by Clinostomum complanatum 24 days after ingestion of raw fish.

Rationale: Clinostomum complanatum is a laryngeal fluke whose hosts include birds and mammals.[1] In humans, infection occurs accidentally during the consumption of raw freshwater fish.[1,2].

Prediction of the Outcome of Cochlear Implantation in the Patients with Congenital Cytomegalovirus Infection based on Magnetic Resonance Imaging Characteristics.

The goal of this study was to elucidate radiologic biomarker that can predict the outcome of cochlear implantation (CI) in congenital cytomegalovirus (cCMV) related deafness. A retrospective survey of speech perception after CI and an evaluation of brain magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) findings were performed in 10 cochlear implantees with cCMV-related prelingual deafness. Specifically, a special attention was paid to the degree of white matter (WM) abnormality shown in brain MRI, which was used to divide our cohort into two groups: The mild and severe pathology groups.

Jugular Bulb Resurfacing With Bone Cement for Patients With High Dehiscent Jugular Bulb and Ipsilateral Pulsatile Tinnitus.

Objective: To discuss the possible pathophysiologic mechanism of pulsatile tinnitus (PT) perception due to high jugular bulb with bony dehiscence (HJBD) and its improvement after the dehiscent jugular bulb (JB) resurfacing using bone cement, and to describe the efficacy of an objective measure of PT using transcanal sound recording and spectro-temporal analysis (TSR/STA).

Study Design: Retrospective case series study.

Setting: A university-based, tertiary care cancer center.

Two-Track Medical Treatment Strategy According to the Clinical Scoring System for Chronic Rhinosinusitis.

Purpose: The previously reported Japanese clinical scoring study (JESREC) suggests that chronic rhinosinusitis (CRS) can be divided into 4 subtypes according to the degree of eosinophilic CRS (ECRS) and offers the information regarding the prognosis of CRS to clinicians. However, this scoring system has not yet been validated by an immunological study and needs to provide treatment guidelines based on underlying immunologic profiles. We investigated the immunologic profile of each CRS subgroup according to the JESREC classification and suggest its clinical application.

Fecal Microbiota Differences According to the Risk of Advanced Colorectal Neoplasms.

Goals And Background: This study aimed to compare differences in the fecal microbiota according to the risk of advanced colorectal neoplasia (ACN) based on a risk-score model in a large Korean cohort.

Study: Stool samples were collected from 1122 health screening recipients: 404 enrolled in the average risk (AR) group, 514 in the moderate risk (MR) group, and 204 in the high risk (HR) group, in accordance with their risk of ACN. The fecal microbiota was characterized using pyrosequencing of the V3-V4 region of the 16S rRNA genes.