Oropharyngeal Stenosis Caused by Significant Scar Hyperplasia Following Tonsillectomy: A Case Report.

Oropharyngeal stenosis (OPS) is a relatively rare long-term complication of tonsillectomy in children, resulting from the narrowing of the upper aerodigestive tract between the soft palate, pharyngeal sidewalls, and base of the tongue. This is the first reported case of OPS due to significant scar hyperplasia; however, whether it is as prone to recurrence as skin scar hypertrophy remains unknown. In this article, we present the case of a 5-year-old girl who presented to our otolaryngology clinic with sleep snoring and suffocation.

Susceptibility-Weighted Imaging of the Anatomic Variation of Thalamostriate Vein and Its Tributaries.

Background And Purpose: Thalamostriate vein (TSV) is an important tributary of the internal cerebral vein, which mainly drains the basal ganglia and deep medulla. The purpose of this study was to explore the anatomic variation and quality of TSV and its smaller tributaries using susceptibility-weighted imaging (SWI).

Methods: We acquired SWI images in 40 volunteers on a 3.

[Preparation of huperzine A nasal in situ gel and evaluation of its brain targeting following intranasal administration].

Aim: The feasibility of intranasal brain targeting drug delivery system via the olfactory pathway from nose to brain was explored.

Methods: Using gellan gum, a cation-sensitive gel forming excipient, huperzine A (Hup A) nasal in situ gel was prepared by pH gradient precipitation method. The pharmacokinetics of Hup A in blood and cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) after intranasal, intravenous and intragastric adminstration to rats was studied using cisternal cannulation for serial CSF sampling and femoral artery cannulation for serial blood sampling.

Norepinephrine metabolism in neuron: dissociation between 3,4-dihydroxyphenylglycol and 3,4-dihydroxymandelic acid pathways.

Aim: To investigate the pre-synaptic metabolism of norepinephrine (NE), judged by variations in plasma concentration of 3,4-dihydroxyphenylglycol (DHPG) and 3,4-dihydroxymandelic acid (DOMA).

Methods: Pithed and electrically stimulated (2.5 Hz) rats were given intravenous infusion of exogenous NE (6 nmol .