A 52-year-old woman was referred to our hospital for analysis of iron deficiency anaemia. Her medical history revealed extirpation of a meningeoma, Graves’ disease and atrial fibrillation. She had no complaints. Physical examination was normal. Laboratory investigations revealed microcytic anaemia (haemoglobin 7.3 mmol/l, mean cell volume 76 fl) and iron deficiency (ferritin 15 μg/l, normally >...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Our previous nasopharyngeal carcinoma detection study, comparing MR imaging, endoscopy, and endoscopic biopsy, showed that MR imaging is a highly sensitive test that identifies nasopharyngeal carcinomas missed by endoscopy. However, at the close of that study, patients without biopsy-proved nasopharyngeal carcinoma nevertheless had shown suspicious abnormalities on endosc...

BACKGROUND Upper airway obstruction is a common complaint in children presenting to otolaryngology clinics. In such children, adenoid hypertrophy is often suspected. There are numerous ways to determine adenoid size, including palpation, mirror examination, endoscopic examination, lateral neck roentgenogram (X-ray), magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), and acoustic rhinometry. Pediatric patient co...

CT enterography is a new imaging modality that has distinct advantages over conventional CT, wireless capsule endoscopy, and barium examination. CT enterography is noninvasive and allows rapid mapping of disease activity before endoscopy and in cases where the endoscope cannot reach the diseased segment. CT enterography is readily available, is operator independent, and allows evaluation of ext...

We develop a guideline for rating the physical impairment of otolaryngologic fields. Assessment of hearing disturbance and tinnitus required physical examination, pure tone audiometry, speech audiometry, impedance audiometry, brainstem evoked response audiometry, Bekesy audiometry, otoacoustic emission test, and imaging examination. History taking, physical examination, and radiological examina...

PURPOSE During sedated esophagogastroduodenoscopy (EGD), patients may not be able to perform inspiration, which is necessary to examine the esophagogastric junction. Therefore sedation may affect diagnosis of gastroesophageal reflux-related findings. The aim of our study was to investigate the effect of sedation on diagnosis of gastroesophageal reflux-related findings during EGD. MATERIALS AN...

This study was performed to assess the severity and duration of hypoxia during and after prolonged upper gastrointestinal endoscopy. Twenty patients were studied using a non-invasive pulse oximeter. Significant reductions in oxygen saturation were noted during endoscopy and remained below the preexamination level during the one hour period after the examination. This study indicates that pulse ...

Pathologies of the implant cavity wall currently cannot be diagnosed by direct observation because of the rapid pollution of the optical systems used. A technique to examine prepared implant sites intraoperatively to diagnose possible risk factors for the osseointegration process is presented. Examination of implant cavities is performed with support immersion endoscopy (SIE). Using a specially...

OBJECTIVES To evaluate the effectiveness of capsule endoscopy in the management of patients with obscure gastrointestinal bleeding. METHODS A prospective descriptive study was conducted at surgical unit IV, Civil Hospital Karachi over a period of 2 years from December 2007 to November 2009. Twenty eight consecutive patients presenting with obscure gastrointestinal bleeding were included in th...