Audiovestibular functioning in patients with panic disorder.

Objective: The objective of this study was to investigate audiovestibular function in patients with panic disorder and healthy subjects by using vestibular and audiologic tests.

Methods: Thirty-four panic disorder patients and 20 healthy control subjects were assessed by using clinical otoneurological examination, pure tone audiometry, tympanometry, and electronystagmography (ENG). All patients were evaluated with the Panic and Agoraphobia Scale (PAS), the Hamilton Anxiety Rating Scale (HARS), the Hamilton Depression Rating Scale (HDRS), and the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI).

Transoral microlaryngoscopic approach for schwannoma of the larynx.

Neurogenous tumors of the larynx are extremely rare. We present a 66-year-old male patient who underwent surgical excision of schwannoma of the larynx, which originated from the left aryepiglottic fold. Excision of the mass was performed through an endolaryngeal approach (suspension microlaryngoscopy).

[Primary carcinoma of the subglottic larynx].

Objectives: Primary carcinoma of the subglottic larynx is very rare. This study was designed to evaluate patients who were treated for primary carcinoma of the subglottic larynx.

Patients And Methods: The study included 15 patients (14 men, 1 woman; mean age 62.

Extracapsular spread in ipsilateral neck and contralateral neck metastases in laryngeal cancer.

We investigated the incidence of extracapsular spread (ECS) and the impact of ECS on contralateral neck metastasis in 67 patients with ipsilateral nodal metastasis (IpN+) whose records were extracted retrospectively from those of 155 laryngeal cancer patients. The incidence of ECS in association with variables was determined: T stage, N stage, tumor location, tumor extension, number of positive nodes, and contralateral neck status. The variables were evaluated to identify their impact on the rates of contralateral neck metastasis (CNM) and 3-year survival.