Transiently evoked otoacoustic emissions in children with otitis media with effusion.

Introduction. Otitis media with effusion is a common pediatric disease whose diagnosis is based on pneumatic otoscopy, pure-tone audiometry, and tympanometry. The aim of this study was to evaluate transiently evoked otoacoustic emissions in the diagnosis of otitis media with effusion as compared to tympanometry.

Benign paroxysmal positional vertigo with multiple canal involvement.

Purpose: The aims of this study were to describe the frequency and clinical features of benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (BPPV) with multiple canal involvement and to evaluate the results of treatment by appropriate canalith repositioning procedures.

Materials And Methods: A total of 345 patients were referred for BPPV between 2006 and 2010. Thirty-two of them (9.

Arterial Thrombosis in Ulcerative Colitis: Case Report.

Arterial thrombosis is a rare complication of ulcerative colitis with many difficulties in its treatment. The pathogenesis of thrombosis is not well known and many factors are implicated such as elevated fibrinogen, increased platelet count, and decreased antithrombin III levels. We report a case of a 43-year-old man with ulcerative colitis and sudden and refractory thrombosis of the brachial and radial artery.