136 To the Editor: We would like to record an unusual presentation of rupture of an internal carotid artery (ICA) aneurysm with carotido-tympanic leak presenting as a middle ear mass, profuse bloody otorrhoea and anterior and posterior epistaxis, resulting from the minor trauma of ear syringing for impacted wax. This is a rare major complication from a very minor procedure. A 32-year-old man wi...

published in international journals (citable): 1. Péter Sótonyi, Miklós Tóth, Örs Petneházi, Comparative anatomy of the canine and equine middle and inner ear. ACTA Veterinaria Brno, 72, 2003, supplementum 7, S51, IF: 0,37 2. Gábor Baksa, Miklós Tóth, Lajos Patonay, A new description of the intracisternal course of the abducent nerve. Surgical and Radiologic Anatomy, 2005, Volume 27, Special is...

zontal segment and pyramidal segment, but it was small at the vertical segment. In infants, the rate was smaller than in adalts except for part of foramen stylomastoidea. 3. The wall of the facial canal was thinest on the side of tympanic cavity especially at the horizontal and pyramidal segment and thinest portion of the canal wall was 0.1 to 0.3mm thick on an average. On the side of the masto...

Although otologic involvement by leukemic infiltration was supposed to be unusual, increasing number of cases have been reported in recent years, probably due to the advance of chemotherapy, improved remission rate and longer survival of leukemic patients. Two cases of myelogenous leukemia with infiltration of mastoid bone were reported. One is 15-year-old girl with acute myelogenous leukemia, ...

THE frequency with which one meets with diseases of the ear in general practice is a reason why the general practitioner should have a clear practical knowledge of how to approach such cases with a view to their diagnosis, prognosis, and treatment. In approaching this subject it is essential to have a clear understanding of the anatomical divisions of the ear, and a good preliminary introductio...