H aphrophilus (H. aphrophilus) is a member of normal oral cavity flora. The organism can be isolated from gingival scrapings, interdental material, and dental plaque.1 Although rare, brain abscesses are one of the most serious infections of the CNS. Dental pathologies and therapeutic interventions may have a role in the pathogenesis of brain abscesses. The rationale for this paper is to report ...

INTRODUCTION Sudden sensorineural hearing loss is an acute hearing loss of a perceptive type, of unknown etiology, in most cases one-sided, or, a every sudden sensorineural deafness that occurs in the period of three days or less. Modern scientific literature points to three possible etiological factors: viral cochleitis, vascular lesion of the labyrinth and unrecognized rupture of the membrano...

Allergology International Vol. 63 No. 2 includes a collection of review articles entitled “ Periostin : from pathogenesis to clinical application in allergic diseases”, as well as original articles and letters to the editor. We believe this issue will be of great interest to clinical and basic researchers in this field. Periostin is a protein that has recently been implicated in the pathogenesi...

A hiccup is involuntary, paroxysmal inspiratory movements of the chest wall associated with diaphragm and accessory respiratory muscle contractions, with the synchronized closure of glottis. The mechanism underlying this common primitive reflex plays an important role in protecting airways against esophageal aspiration. The hiccup reflex mechanism is based on the afferent pathway (vagus and phr...

Parapharyngeal abscess (PPA)-like lesion is a very rare manifestation of Kawasaki disease (KD). Here we report a Chinese case of KD initially mimicking PPA, which is the first one reported in Asia. A 3-year-old male patient presented with fever, drooling, and bilateral painful cervical lymphadenopathy for 3 days. Chest X-ray and echocardiogram were normal. With substantial elevation of white bl...

The aim of this article is to investigate the cortical metabolic arrangements in olfactory processing by using F fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) positron emission tomography/computed tomography. Twenty-six normosmic individuals (14 women and 12 men; mean age 46.7 10 years) were exposed to a neutral olfactory condition (NC) and, after 1 month, to a pure olfactory condition (OC) in a relatively ecologic...