The phonological and phonetic structure of nasal-stop sequences has elicited much attention. Yet, less is known about the internal timing of nasal-stop sequences than often assumed. This includes clusters, both nasal voiced-stop clusters (ND) and nasal voiceless-stop clusters (NT); and unary cases, most commonly prenasalized stops ( N D) but also so-called postploded nasals (N D ). 1 The latter...

INTRODUCTION A case report showing the removal of a supernumerary tooth from the nasal cavity by means of an endoscopic approach is presented. MATERIALS AND METHODS A 9-year-old healthy child presented to our department because of the right central incisor which appeared clinically rotated. The observation of orthopantomography revealed the presence of a supernumerary tooth in the anterior ma...

Basaloid squamous cell carcinoma (BSCC) is often founded in the head and neck region. However, BSCC in the sinonasal tract is rare. We report here on the case of a 58-yr-old woman who presented with nasal obstruction and epistaxis. Computed tomography and examination of the nasal cavity revealed a tumor mass that originated from the right inferior turbinate with erosion of the nasal floor. The ...

These congenital midline nasal masses are the result of a failure of normal neural crest cell embryology. The ectodermal anterior neuropore (primitive frontonasal region) forms medial to the optic recess of the sphenoid sinus in the third week of gestation, and the frontal, nasal, and ethmoid structures form in the area immediately proximal to the anterior neuropore.3 Through the eighth week of...

An outbreak of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) occurred in two adjacent orthopaedic wards following the admission of a known carrier. The outbreak was not contained by ward closure or by standard infection control measures. Eventually several nasal carriers were identified and treated with nasal mupirocin, following which the outbreak ended.

BACKGROUND Postoperative irrigation after endoscopic sinus surgery and endoscopic modified Lothrop procedure is used to remove nasal crusts and to improve wound healing. To evaluate the optimal application protocol for irrigation of the frontal sinus, a prospective cadaver study was performed. METHODS An endoscopic modified Lothrop procedure and complete sphenoethmoidectomy were performed in ...

In full-thickness defects of the nasal alar rim, to achieve projection and maintain airway patency, cartilage graft is frequently needed. However, cartilage graft presents a challenge in considerations such as appropriate donor site, skeletal shape and size, and healing of the donor area. To avoid these demerits, we tried primary closure of alar rim defects by also making the contralateral norm...

Repairing surgical defects of the nasal tip is challenging, mainly because of the lack of freely mobile skin available peripherally. The Peng flap is a one-stage cutaneous flap that circumvents this difficulty by recruiting skin from the nasal dorsum and sidewall regions. The design produces a tridimensional shape perfectly adapted to the configuration of the nasal tip and allows for an inconsp...

A knowledge-based approach towards automatically detecting nasal landmarks (/m/, /n/, and /ng/) from speech waveform is developed. The acoustic characteristics Fn1 locus calculated on each frame of speech waveform as the mass center of spectrum amplitude in the vicinity of the lowest spectral prominence between 150-1000Hz, and A23 locus calculated on the same speech frame as a band energy betwe...