INTRODUCTION Deformities of the uvula are considered as the dark area of otorhinolaryngology practice. This little and plain part of the human organism has various functions and its abnormalities might cause serious disabilities. CASE PRESENTATION In our case report, we present a unique deformity of the uvula in a 56-year-old woman. DISCUSSION The aim of this report was to present a very ra...

A 36-year-old man presented to the emergency department with a sudden choking feeling, sore throat and difficulty swallowing immediately after eating dinner. He had no respiratory or gastrointestinal problems, and denied any history of allergy. An enlarged uvula and hematoma were observed (Picture). There was no swelling of the face and neck, or erythema of the overlying skin. Additionally, the...

The pigeon vestibulocerebellum is divided into two regions based on the responses of Purkinje cells to optic flow stimuli: the uvula-nodulus responds best to self-translation, and the flocculus responds best to self-rotation. We used retrograde tracing to determine whether the flocculus and uvula-nodulus receive differential mossy fiber input from the vestibular and cerebellar nuclei. From retr...

This study was aimed at mapping the organization of the projections from the inferior olive (IO) to the ventral uvula in pigeons. The uvula is part of the vestibulocerebellum (VbC), which is involved in the processing of optic flow resulting from self-motion. As in other areas of the cerebellum, the uvula is organized into sagittal zones, which is apparent with respect to afferent inputs, the p...

There is but little literature descriptive of the microscopic morbid anatomy of the uvula. This is true especially of the condition known as relaxed or elongated uvula. Inman s in 1852 described the uvula in this condition as being " very firm and almost fibrous in the interior, covered with ordinary mucous membrane, which was not hypertrophied. On making sections and teasing with needles, the ...