External ear canal cholesteatoma (EAC) is a rare destructive lesion within temporal bone and may occur in 1:1000 new patients with ear diseases [1, 3]. EAC cholesteatoma was first described by Toynbee in 1850. Since that time, it had confused to keratosis obturans. First description of keratosis obturans was presented by Piepergerdes et al., in 1980 [6]. Keratosis obturans (KO) is a similar to ...

Practical advice for treating newborns and toddlers. Y ou have recently encountered 4 children with a very distinct, well-demarcated, flat erythro-derma of the facial area. You must determine whether this rash is due to erysipe-las, which presents with an erythematous flat, painful, cellulitis-like rash most commonly on the face or lower extremities. The differential diagnosis in each of these ...

This prospective descriptive correlational study investigated an often overlooked clinical condition in older adults, sensory impairment. The study specifi cally addressed vision and hearing impairment in hospitalised older adults who had sustained a hip fracture. Sensory impairments affect older adults’ ability to interact with and navigate safely in their environment, as demonstrated by the h...

Gross cystic disease fluid protein 1 5 (GCDFP-1 5) is universally present in the apocrine metaplastic epithelium of cystic breast disease and breast cancer, but it is rarely found in normal breast epithelium. Therefore GCDFP-15 detected in nipple aspirates of breast fluid (NAF) could serve as a biochemical marker of the presence and possibly extent of apocrine metaplasia within the breast. GCDF...

In this issue of Pediatrics, Crowson et al1 provide a glimpse to the future for otitis media (OM) diagnosis, perhaps. Data acquisition from 126 normal and 212 abnormal ear images met study quality criteria when children were brought operating room an examination under anesthesia tympanostomy tube placement either recurrent acute (AOM) or with effusion (OME). To meet criteria, 75% surface area t...

Acute otitis media (AOM) is a middle ear infection with rapid onset of symptoms and an abnormalappearing, immobile tympanic membrane. Accounting for more than 20 million office visits a year in the United States, AOM is one of the most common reasons a child sees a family physician. By their first birthday, nearly two thirds of children will have at least one episode of AOM, and more than 90% w...

Tinnitus is a common clinical syndrome with rare radiologic findings . This human malady may exist in two forms, namely objective or subjective. Objective tinnitus is a real sound produced outside the inner ear, which is heard by the patient and also by the examining physician. Subjective tinnitus is heard only by the patient and involves the neural mechanisms of the ear or auditory pathways. T...

skin of the outer ear canal, often associated with underlying dermatological conditions.1,2 Symptoms include discharge from the ear, reduced hearing, itch, and mild to severe pain. It may present as an acute episode, or may develop into a chronic condition causing significant adverse effects on a patient’s daily activity.3,4 Optimal treatment for otitis externa requires suction of the external ...

OBJECTIVES/HYPOTHESIS The number of trained otolaryngologists available is insufficient to supply current and projected US health care needs. The goal of this study was to assess available databases and present accurate data on the current otolaryngology workforce, examine methods for prediction of future health care needs, and explore potential issues with forecasting methods and policy implem...

lectricity has caused important differences in our social life, and it has been involved in our daily life for the improvement of the technology. Consequently, there is an increase in ratio of accidents due to electricity.1 We often confronted children to electrical accidents at home, and adults are faced to these accidents usually at work.2,3 We rarely observed both suicides and murders by the...