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Cureus
January 2025
Emergency Medicine and Neurology, University of Central Florida, Orlando, USA.
This paper provides an in-depth review of the evolution of the otoscope in the medical field, examining its development through a historical lens. The otoscope has significantly revolutionized the field of otology, becoming an essential tool used globally by healthcare practitioners to identify ear, nose, and throat (ENT) disorders. It is commonly used to inspect the auditory canal for conditions such as cerumen impaction and acute otitis media.
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May 2024
Departments of Otolaryngology - Head & Neck Surgery and Pediatrics, Lewis Katz, School of Medicine at Temple University, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
Indian J Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg
December 2022
Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Ibn Sina University Hospital, University Mohamed 5, Sect 9, Bloc B N° 16, Hay Riad, Rabat, Morocco.
External auditory canal Carcinomas are rare and aggressive tumors and their prognosis depends on early diagnosis. Their clinical similarity to necrotizing otitis is a source of error and therefore of diagnostic delay. Hence the interest of our study which consists in providing ENT specialists and all practitioners with the necessary clinical, evolutionary, radiological, biological and histological elements to avoid diagnostic errors.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIndian J Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg
December 2022
Department of Otorhinolaryngoy, Institute of Medical Sciences, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, Uttarpradesh India.
Ear Nose Throat J
August 2018
Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Hôpital Intercommunal de Créteil, Créteil, France.
The relationship between otitis media with effusion (OME) and chronic rhinosinusitis with nasal polyposis (CRSwNP) remains unclear. We conducted a cross-sectional study of 80 consecutively presenting patients-42 males and 38 females, aged 15 to 76 years (median: 48)-who were diagnosed with CRSwNP. Our aim was to ascertain the prevalence of OME in CRSwNP patients, to determine whether the severity of CRSwNP affected OME, and to identify risk factors for OME in CRSwNP patients.
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