A 49-year-old woman had a palpable mass in her occipital region. Plain radiographs and CT examination revealed extensive atlantooccipital pneumatization with findings consistent with the diagnosis of mastoid pneumocele. Decompression was achieved with placement of a myringotomy tube, resulting in prompt symptomatic relief. On a follow-up CT examination, the pneumatized areas had become opacifie...

I am writing in reference to a study published in your journal titled “Myringotomy and Ventilation Tube Insertion with Endoscopic or Microscopic Technique in Adults: A Pilot Study,” by Martellucci et al. The article is well written, and I thoroughly enjoyed it. I would like to add our own experience to the conclusion derived by the authors for the benefit of the readers of your esteemed journal...

INTRODUCTION Otitis media with effusion is the most frequent cause of conductive hearing impairement (HL) at pediatric age. This entity can be asymptomatic for an important period of time (silent OME). There is a surgical and a nonsurgical approach for OME. In case of failure of conservative treatment of OME the ventilation tube insertion (VT) with adenoidectomy alone or combined with tonsillec...

Aim: To determine the diagnostic accuracy of tympanogram for diagnosis otitis media with effusion in patients conductive hearing loss. Study design: Cross-sectional study Setting: Department ENT, Benazir Bhutto Hospital Rawalpindi. Duration dates: The was carried out over six months from 24-05-2018 to 23-11-2018. Methods: conducted on 150 patients. Clinical examination all done OME, then tympan...

introduction: to study the long-term complications of tympanostomy tube insertion in young children 10 years after surgery.   materials and methods: in september 2011, the medical records of all patients who had undergone myringotomy with tympanostomy tube insertion between february 2000 and march 2001 at the two general hospitals of isfahan university of medical sciences were studied. of the 9...