Acute mastoiditis in infants younger than 6 months: is an alternative treatment protocol needed?

Objectives: Several studies have reported that younger children suffer from increased incidence and more severe episodes of acute mastoiditis (AM) than older children, whereas other researchers have found the opposite. The aim of our study was to describe the occurrence, clinical, and microbiological aspects of AM in children 6 months or younger, and compare them with the results in an older reference age band.

Methods: The medical files of children hospitalized with a diagnosis of AM during 2001-2016 were retrospectively reviewed.

Acute mastoiditis in children with a cochlear implant.

Objectives: Cochlear implantation is performed at a young age, when children are prone to acute otitis media. Acute mastoiditis is the most common complication of otitis media, but data on its management in the presence of a cochlear implant are sparse. The objective of this study was to assess the characteristics, treatment, and outcome of acute mastoiditis in children with a cochlear implant.

Pattern of hearing loss following cochlear implantation.

Cochlear implantation is associated with deterioration in hearing. Despite the fact that the damage is presumed to be of sensory origin, residual hearing is usually assessed by air-conduction thresholds alone. This study sought to determine if surgery may cause changes in air- and bone-conduction thresholds producing a mixed-type hearing loss.

Yunis-Varon syndrome: further delineation of the phenotype.

Yunis-Varon syndrome (YVS) is a rare autosomal recessive condition characterized by limb defects, ossification defects, generalized hypotrichosis and, frequently, a severe neonatal course. The molecular basis is unknown. We report on a newborn infant with previously undescribed findings, including hydrops fetalis, primary pulmonary hypertension and unusually severe abnormalities of toes.

Autosomal recessive mental retardation syndrome with anterior maxillary protrusion and strabismus: MRAMS syndrome.

We report on a family in whom the combination of mental retardation (MR), anterior maxillary protrusion, and strabismus segregates. The healthy, consanguineous parents (first cousins) of Israeli-Arab descent had 11 children, 7 of whom (5 girls) were affected. They all had severe MR.

Mutated nup62 causes autosomal recessive infantile bilateral striatal necrosis.

Objective: The objective of this study was to identify the gene causing autosomal recessive infantile bilateral striatal necrosis.

Methods: We have mapped the disease gene in the candidate region to approximately 230kb on 19q13.33 in 8 interrelated families including a total of 12 patients and 39 unaffected individuals.

Ocular injury in children from exploding microwaved eggs.

Purpose: To report an ocular injury caused by exploding microwave-cooked eggs.

Design: Case reports.

Methods: Two children exposed to exploding microwaved eggs were examined for facial burns and ocular trauma.