Hearing loss is often the only symptom of OMAAV at initial presentation, thus making early diagnosis difficult. We present OMAAV in a 70-year-old woman with hearing loss and dry cough. Otoscopy showed otitis media with effusion. Audiometry showed mixed hearing loss, especially in the right ear. Serum myeloperoxidase antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody was positive. Image analyses showed lung le...

Introduction: Sudden sensorineural hearing loss that developes after surgery which has been done under general anesthesia is quite rare and mostly occurs after otologic and coronary artery bypass surgery. Case-report: A 43 year old female patient who developed right sided hearing loss 6-7 h after a total thyroidectomy operation was diagnosed as sudden sensorineural hearing loss and treated succ...

introduction: acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (aids) is a worldwide infection. because of the vast array of manifestations of aids and its many atypical presentations, it is becoming increasingly challenging for clinicians to accurately diagnose new lesions. materials and methods: in a descriptive cross-sectional study conducted from 2007 to 2010, 50 patients with a proven human immunodefici...

Introduction: Otologic (external ear, middle and temporal bone) malignancies are relatively uncommon tumors. Their location adjacent to vital structures such as the carotid artery, jugular vein, otic capsule, lobe makes treatment potentially challenging. Objective: The purpose of this study was examine overall survival outcomes in patients with otologic obtained via a population-based cancer da...

OBJECTIVE Wegener granulomatosis (WG) presents nasal, laryngeal and otologic symptoms as an initial signs of the disease and finally can affect the ENT region in 3/4 patients. The authors want to analyze 7 cases of WG with early aural symptoms, connected with the diagnostics dilemma, discuss the problems of otologic manifestation in WG and present the newest concepts of diagnostics and treatmen...