Dear Editor, Cough is one of the most common complaints for which patients seek medical attention. In order to determine the etiologic diagnosis of chronic cough in our patients and to find out our success rate in the diagnosis and treatment of these patients, 100 consecutive patients with the chief complaint of chronic cough, who attended the cough clinic in our center, were evaluated; each pa...

BACKGROUND The place of systemic corticosteroids in the treatment of children with chronic rhinosinusitis (CRS) remains unclear. OBJECTIVE We sought to assess the effectiveness and tolerability of oral methylprednisolone as an anti-inflammatory adjunct in the treatment of CRS in children. METHODS Forty-eight children (age, 6-17 years) with clinically and radiologically proved CRS were inclu...

UNLABELLED A 56-year-old man was brought to the Emergency Department after being found collapsed at his office with a reduced level of consciousness. From clinical examination and initial investigations, he was diagnosed as having bacterial meningitis and was promptly commenced on empirical i.v. antibiotics. Computed tomography of the brain revealed a parenchymal mass at the base of the skull a...

signs. The temperature remained between 39 and 39.5 ° C until the 10th day of the therapy and the patient was discharged home after 23 days of parenteral antimicrobial therapy. No surgical intervention was required. Neurologic examination on discharge was normal. The diagnosis on discharge was: basilar meningitis with cerebral vasculitis and stroke following sphenoid sinusitis. A follow-up MRI ...

BACKGROUND Coughing may be produced by a number of different disorders in distinct anatomic sites. Chronic cough causes major functional limitation in a considerable patient population and requires careful evaluation. METHODS Seventy-eight nonsmoking patients of both genders who complained of cough for > or =3 weeks and had normal findings on plain chest radiographs were studied prospectively...

Allergic rhinitis is the most common atopic disorder seen in outpatient clinic. Montelukast, a novel medication, an antagonist to leukotriene receptor. The aim of this work was identify improvement severity symptoms child with AR treated Montelukast. A cross-sectional study conducted among fifty-patients chronic cough and (sneezing, nasal congestion, rhinorrhea, postnasal drip) at least eight w...

Background and Objectives: Osteomas are the most common benign tumors of nasal cavity paranasal sinuses (PNSs). In this study, clinical features imaging findings were analyzed in patients with osteoma confirmed by ostiomeatal unit (OMU) computed tomography (CT) PNS CT, surgical treatment performed at our hospital was introduced.Methods: The Severance Clinical Research Analysis Portal (SCRAP) se...