The present study was aimed to investigate the prevalence of Malassezia in common ear affections of dogs. A total of 115 dogs with ear affections were evaluated between March 2014 and May 2015. Otoscopic examination and microbiological isolation was done for diagnosis. Case prevalence of Malassezia infection in otitis externa was 19.1%. Relatively higher proportion of Malassezia was found in ma...

OBJECTIVE To assess if children with Down's Syndrome have a higher prevalence of otological abnormality compared to their normal counterparts in Malaysia. METHODOLOGY Thirty children with Down's Syndrome and normal children underwent otoscopic ear examination and Impedance test in the ENT outpatients clinic in University Hospital, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. RESULTS The study showed that childr...

Hearing loss among schoolchildren in developing countries is reported to be a significant health problem. Data on child hearing loss in South Sinai, a remote governorate of Egypt, are lacking. Middle ear diseases and hearing impairment were assessed among 453 primary-school children aged 7-10 years in South Sinai (906 ears). Otoscopic examination, tympanometry and pure tone audiometry (PTA) wer...

Carcinoid tumor of the middle ear is a very rare benign neoplasm, which may be mistaken for a malignant tumor. We present two new cases together with a review of 28 previously reported cases. Nearly all patients had progressive hearing loss, most often of the conductive type. About half of the patients complained of tinnitus and fullness of the ear. The typical otoscopic picture was erythema or...

Aberrant course of the internal carotid artery within the middle ear is a rare condition. Surgical interventions following clinical or radiological misinterpretations may lead to fatal complications. A 23-year-old female patient presented with a hearing impairment of 10-month duration. On otoscopic examination, the left tympanic membrane was intact, but there was a pulsatile lesion in the tympa...

Objective. Bilateral congenital cholesteatoma is a very rare condition. We describe the first case of an adult patient presenting with bilateral congenital cholesteatoma with labyrinthine fistula. Case report. We present a 34-year-old woman of bilateral congenital cholesteatoma with labyrinthine fistula, inducing leftsided mixed conductive-sensorineural hearing loss and vertigo, subsequently ac...

Background: our research discovered that cholesteatoma development was more prevalent in those who have a central perforation and persistent otitis media. Physical exams meticulous reviews of medical records were performed on 100 people had chronic media with perforation. A total four persons, or 4% cases, cholesteatoma. Therefore, it would appear are prone to develop cholesteatoma, necessitati...

BACKGROUND Symtomatology of nasal polyps (NP) is relatively non-specific and other nasal conditions that cause nasal may be mistaken for NP. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the accuracy otoscopic (OT) examination in detecting presence of NP by using fiberoptic rhinoscopy (FR) as the gold standard to confirm diagnosis of NP. METHODS Charts from a single allergy clinic were reviewed f...

Aberrant internal carotid artery (ICA) is a rare but a very important vascular anomaly of temporal bone. Misdiagnosis of the anomaly may lead to massive hemorrhage and severe complications during otologic procedures. It is essential to keep this anomaly in mind for any otologic surgeon to prevent catastrophic complications. We present a case of aberrant ICA appeared as a nonpulsatile middle ear...

Children aged six months to 10 years in one practice who were diagnosed with acute otitis media were examined one, three, six and 12 months after diagnosis by a general practitioner and an otolaryngologist on the same day using pneumatic otoscopy. Tympanometry and pure tone audimetry were also carried out. Tympanograms were combined with the specialist's otoscopy findings to determine whether e...