Teratoma in the nasopharynx is one of the rare causes for nasal symptoms in the newborn. The present report was on a term "neonate" who had respiratory distress from a hidden teratoma. Cheaper and readily available investigation modalities including postnasal space X-ray and examination under anesthesia revealed nothing. A postnasal space computed tomography also revealed nothing. Magnetic reso...

Symptoms of chronic rhinosinusitis (CRS) are nasal blockage, nasal discharge, postnasal drip, facial pain, headache, and reduction or loss of smell, but they are often subtle and make it difficult to obtain a firm diagnosis based only on clinical data, and especially to distinguish CRS from persistent rhinitis. A diagnosis of certainty of CRS relies upon either direct observation by nasal fibro...

CONCLUSION IgG4-related disease involves nasal manifestations with chronic rhinosinusitis (CRS). This type of sinusitis is a new clinical entity of nasal disease associated with a high level of serum IgG4 for which steroid therapy is effective. Objectives. To confirm whether IgG4-related disease has distinctive chronic rhinosinusitis. METHODS We compared serum IgG4 levels as well as nasal com...

Studies of single-cell spike discharges in the olfactory bulb of the rabbit indicate the presence of three classes of neurons as characterized by their discharge patterns. Cells of class I discharge continuously and spontaneously; class II cells discharge intermittently in bursts, in synchrony with the passage of air through the nose. Cells of classes I and II are unmodified during olfactory st...

Devices are described by means of which the terminals of thermopiles may be held in stable apposition with the mucous membranes of the nasal cavity and postnasal space and local temperature variations thus followed. Chilling of the body surface has without exception caused depression of the temperature of the nasal mucosa surface, amounting in some instances to as much as 6 degrees C., and indi...

In the African continent, the sensitization pattern and clinical profile are unknown in patients with rhinitis/rhinosinusitis attending the outpatient ear, nose, and throat (ENT) clinics. We therefore aimed to analyze the clinical characteristics of rhinitis/rhinosinusitis patients in Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), classify allergic rhinitis (AR) according to the Allergic Rhinitis and Its ...

BACKGROUND Anticholinergic agents, specifically the quaternary salt of atropine, are currently being recommended for chronic rhinitis and the common cold. OBJECTIVE To evaluate the efficacy and safety of 50- and 75-microg doses of atropine sulfate as a nasal spray in perennial allergic rhinitis. METHODS A placebo-controlled, double-blind study compared 2 doses of atropine nasal spray given ...

OBJECTIVES To quantify the incidence of intranasal extension of adenoid tissue and residual adenoidal obstruction of the posterior choanae following traditional curette adenoidectomy to determine the efficiency of adenoid curettage and the usefulness of intraoperative endoscopic examination and powered-shaver adenoidectomy in achieving better postnasal patency. DESIGN Prospective intraoperati...