In a retrospective study of 96 patients 16 different histological features were examined in 100 aural polyps to see whether some or any could be used to predict the presence or absence of a cholesteatoma underlying the polyp. The patients were divided into those who had cholesteatoma and those who did not, so that discriminatory features were identified. These were combined to make an overall p...

background geographic information system (gis) software has been used in health care systems to display and analyze spatial pattern of diseases and health services. objectives this study was performed to assess spatial patterns of colon’s pathologic lesions based on the pathologic reports and assess whether it is possible to use gis software in health services. patients and methods archives of ...

from june 1989, to june 1991, 58 patients with gi polyps were reviewed. except two patients who had multiple polyps, 56 had only one polyp. the size of polyps were 0.5 to 3 em in diameter. 51 (75%) of polyps were located in the rectosigmoid region, 25 (37%) were in the rectum and 26 (38%) in the sigmoid. (seventeen) (25%) polyps (two in right colon, four in transverse, and 11 in descending colo...

Inflammatory cloacogenic polyps (ICP’s) are a rare form of benign that rarely occur in children. We present case series three pediatric patients who were diagnosed with ICPi. Three presented varying symptoms including constipation, intermittent hematochezia, weight loss, and/or anemia. Medical evaluation was notable for anemia and elevated inflammatory markers one patient, otherwise unremarkabl...

OBJECTIVE Over a million ventilation tubes are placed annually in the United States, making this one of the most commonly performed procedures in the field of medicine. Certain factors increase the risk of persistent tympanic membrane perforation following the extrusion of short term ventilation tubes. Persistent perforations may fail to heal on their own, necessitating surgical closure to avoi...