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Ear Diseases (11):
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We performed a retrospective review of medical records for 574 eastern box turtles (Terrapene carolina carolina) that presented to the University of Tennessee College of Veterinary Medicine (UTCVM) wildlife clinic between 1995 and 2007. These cases were reviewed to document and investigate the prese...
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PMID: 20966259
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Neuroreport (21)13 2010
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We delivered thyroxine to these mice during the prenatal or postnatal stage of development. Both the treatments could not ameliorate hearing loss or correct deformities in the tectorial membrane of these mutant mice, suggesting that a deficiency in tmprss1 affects thyroxine responsiveness in the inn...
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PMID: 20683358
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Academic Radiology (17)8 2010
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Twenty-five of 32 (78%) patients with schwannomas restricted to the IAC and cerebellopontine angle demonstrated associated increased FLAIR signal within the ipsilateral inner ear structures. The sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value, and negative predictive value of inner ear FLAIR hyp...
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PMID: 20605731
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We report a new case of spontaneous EAC cholesteatoma, and we review its diagnostic and therapeutic challenges....
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PMID: 20737360
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Human Mutation (31)7 2010
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We report heterozygous variations in BMP7, including a frameshift, missense, and Kozak sequence mutation, in individuals with developmental eye anomalies and a range of systemic abnormalities, including developmental delay, deafness, scoliosis, and cleft palate. We determined that BMP7 is expressed...
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PMID: 20506283
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A 2-year-old girl presented with a reddish swelling of the left earlobe which had been present for over 6 months. Because of the unspecific previous medical history and the unclear clinical symptoms a biopsy of the swelling was carried out. The histological investigation revealed a lymphocyte-infest...
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PMID: 20419446
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A 10-year-old girl presented with a blue-coloured earlobe. A diagnosis of Lyme disease was confirmed by serological tests. Lyme borreliosis is the most common tick-borne disease in the northern hemisphere. It is caused by the spirochete Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato. The patient was successfully t...
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PMID: 20003592
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We have found it satisfactory in treating otitis media and other intractable inflammation and fungal infection of the external auditory canal. We report its potent effect in 2 cases of external auditory canal cholesteatoma (EACC) and 1 of mastoid cavity cholesteatoma (MCC)-the first such report inso...
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PMID: 20653194
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Otolaryngologia Polska (64)7 2010
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Certain problems in ear surgery are caused by temporal bone cholestetoma and chronic otitis media complicated by deafness, facial nerve dysfunction, vertigo or meningcephalocele. Lateral petrosectomy offers possibility of radical treatment and prevention of temporal bone destruction and following co...
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PMID: 21171318
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The age distribution of the patients with patulous ET revealed two peaks, one with female predominance in the fourth decade, the other consisting mostly of aged male patients. Nasal instillation of saline was effective in 33 (63.5%) of 52 patients with patulous ET. In particular, 20 (80%) of the 25...
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PMID: 20082564
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Journal of Asthma (47)4 2010
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This study demonstrated significant associations of asthma with history of ear infections in infancy, with a significant dose-response effect of repeated ear infections on the odds of asthma. These findings add to the growing body of literature linking early childhood infections with the risk of ast...
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PMID: 20528604
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Lab Animal (39)4 2010
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Ear (aural) hematomas occur when blood vessels in the pinna rupture secondary to trauma or excessive head shaking. Blood fills the space between the skin and the cartilage, causing pain and potential deformity of the ear. In this column, I discuss surgical treatment of aural hematomas in the dog.
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PMID: 20305632
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Fitoterapia (81)3 2010
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We investigated the antinociceptive and anti-inflammatory activities of iridoid glycosides extract of L. rotata (IGLR) in mice. Our results showed that the iridoid glycosides extract could decrease acetic-acid-induced writhings times and formalin-induced lickings times, inhibit carrageenan-induced h...
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PMID: 19698769
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For the 31 cases of tympanic membrane perforation, the closure rate was 90.3 per cent. For the 32 patients with otorrhoea, the rate of ear dryness was 87.5 per cent. All 35 patients had impaired hearing initially; the rate of hearing improvement was 74.3 per cent (95 per cent confidence intervals =...
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PMID: 19930779
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New England Journal of Medicine (362)10 2010
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There was a highly statistically significant difference in the studied outcomes, comparing the study and control groups. CONCLUSION: Local application of 5-fluorouracil is a new treatment method for granular myringitis. In this study, it proved safe and efficacious, with no serious local reactions o...
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PMID: 20003585
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Ugeskrift for laeger (172)6 2010
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A 45-year-old woman with long-term unilateral ear problems, hearing loss, vertigo and tinnitus was diagnosed with a meningioma in the middle ear. Magnetic resonance imagining (MRI) revealed that the meningioma penetrated the petrous bone into the middle ear. The meningioma was removed to avoid furth...
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PMID: 20146913
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The recent series of articles describing human surface anatomy included an article on the ear by Hunter et al. [Hunter et al. (2009); Am J Med Genet Part A 149A: 40-60]. That publication did not include the incisura. This article provides an approach to assessing the incisura in the hope that others...
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PMID: 20082456
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Topical pimecrolimus appears to be as effective as topical hydrocortisone in relieving external auditory canal pruritus. We used a novel scoring system, the Modified Itch Severity Scale, to evaluate external auditory canal pruritus; this is the first self-reporting questionnaire for the quantificati...
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PMID: 19922703
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ENL presented itself as painful cutaneous lesions on the face and limbs, bilateral paresthesia of the fourth and fifth fingers, and systemic symptoms. Prednisone 40 mg daily for a week and then 60 mg daily for another week reduced the lesions by 80% and the pain by 50%. Although prednisone 60 mg dai...
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PMID: 20338126
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Nigerian journal of medicine : journal of the National Association of Resident Doctors of Nigeria (19)3 2010
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Fifty nine patients made up 37 males and 22 females were seen with 86% in the age group 20-60 years. The commonest ototoxic drugs were aminoglycosides (37.3%), loop diuretics (27.1%), antimalarials (23.7%) and traditional concoctions (11.9%). The commonest presentation from most drugs was permanent...
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PMID: 20845639
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A 60-year-old man presented with a rare case of pseudoaneurysm in the petrous internal carotid artery (ICA) caused by chronic otitis media manifesting as right otorrhagia after the earpick procedure. Computed tomography showed the destroyed petrous bone; the ICA and the aneurysm, which were exposed...
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PMID: 20671385
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Acta Oncologica (49)1 2010
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We report a rare finding of tympanic membrane cholesteatoma in a two-year-old girl. Tympanic membrane cholesteatoma without trauma or surgery to the ear is a rare entity, with few cases documented in the literature. The exact etiology of this lesion is still unclear. The presentation, clinical cours...
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PMID: 20718191
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The objectives of this study were to review the application and feasibility of providing screening, diagnosis, medical and surgical treatment for patients with ear discharge by setting a mobile hospital in rural India. The study was retrospective. The study involved collection of data from 1992 to 2...
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PMID: 20578503
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Otolaryngologia Polska (64)3 2010
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In patients with MEC contralateral ear should be systematically examined to detect early any abnormality, or to assess their evolution and take appropriate treatment....
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PMID: 20731204
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Cochliomyia hominivorax causes 80% of human myiasis in Argentina. Nowadays, its geographic distribution covers tropical South America and an important region of Argentina. In the present report, two clinical cases of otomyiasis by C. hominivorax in pediatric patients assisted at the Hospital de Clin...
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PMID: 21186671
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We hereby present a rare case of otophyma with its clinical features, its etiology, diagnosis, and review of medical and surgical therapy. This patient remained undiagnosed and mismanaged for many years before she was finally diagnosed with this rare condition and successfully managed by surgical te...
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PMID: 20015739
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Chinese Medical Journal (122)23 2009
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Twenty-nine patients with 48 keloids (64.9%) were highly satisfied with their outcome, and were rated as good by the surgeon. Six patients with 12 keloids (16.2%) showed general satisfaction but wanted aesthetic refinement, and these patients were rated as fair by the surgeon. Three patients with fo...
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PMID: 20092792
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Giornale italiano di dermatologia e venereologia : organo ufficiale, Societa italiana di dermatologia e sifilografia (144)6 2009
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Nippon Jibiinkoka Gakkai Kaiho (112)11 2009
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We report a case of Langerhans cell histiocytosis (LCH), a rare disease caused by the proliferation of abnormal Langerhans cells, coincident with severe external ear canal inflammation. A 27-year-old man with a 1-year history of external ear canal discharge was found in computed tomography (CT) to ha...
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PMID: 19999153
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Medicina Clínica (133)15 2009
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To determine the frequency and degree of orofacial myofunctional disorder (OMD) in a sample of patients with temporomandibular disorder (TMD), the dental records of 240 patients with a diagnosis of TMD were reviewed. Mean patient age and mean TMD duration, gender frequency, complaints, and signs and...
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PMID: 19891261
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Ear, Nose and Throat Journal (88)10 2009
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We describe the unusual course of an atticoantral CSOM that (1) began as a primary acquired cholesteatoma simultaneously in both ears, (2) proceeded to automastoidectomy and a severe mixed hearing loss bilaterally, and (3) ended with the development of bilateral cutaneous mastoid fistulas that serve...
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PMID: 19826984
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The most frequent long-term complication of canalplasty is re-stenosis of the external auditory canal. The importance of sealing any inadvertently opened mastoid air cells, in order to avoid the late complication reported, is emphasised....
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PMID: 19222877
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The most common pathogen was Aspergillus fumigatus (40.6 per cent), followed by A niger (35.4 per cent), A flavus (12.5 per cent) and Candida albicans (11.5 per cent). All Aspergillus species were found to be resistant to fluconazole (minimum inhibitory concentration > or =256 microg/ml). The mean m...
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PMID: 19454132
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Otology & Neurotology (30)6 2009
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Data from the 3 groups are as follows: ARM, 31 patients with median age 4.2 years (range, 2.5-9.3 yr); ARR, 28 patients with median age 12 years (range, 6.9-61); and AR, 11 patients with median age 5.9 years (range, 5.5-59 yr). Preoperative computed tomographic grading using the Jahrsdoerfer scale d...
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PMID: 19704362
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A 69-year-old man was admitted with cough, fever and dyspnea. For years, an adrenal insufficiency has been substituted with low-dose hydrocortisone. The hypotensive and tachycardic patient exhibited remarkable stony hard ears. INVESTIGATIONS: Elevated inflammatory markers and the clinical picture po...
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PMID: 19746328
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We report the first case in the English literature of a patulous eustachian tube occurring after laparoscopic Roux-en-Y gastric bypass surgery for obesity. METHOD: Case report of a 44-year-old woman who was referred to our ENT clinic complaining of autophonia and bilateral aural fullness. The patien...
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PMID: 19102815
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Otology & Neurotology (30)5 2009
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We present a rare case of perilymphatic fistula which occurred due to bony erosion by a tympanostomy tube that had migrated into and become interred in the middle-ear space. METHOD: We present a case report and a literature review concerning migration of tympanostomy tubes into the middle ear as a c...
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PMID: 18925998
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Superior semicircular canal dehiscence (SCD) syndrome is a recognized condition associated with varying degrees of vestibular and auditory dysfunction. The authors present a case study of disabling SCD syndrome in a 37-year-old man who was successfully treated with a complete round window niche occl...
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PMID: 19688714
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Laryngoscope (119)7 2009
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Smokers have significantly worse chronic ear disease than nonsmokers. Surgery in smokers is more extensive and leads to worse hearing outcomes than nonsmokers. Subsequent surgeries are more common in smokers. Former smokers who quit <5 years are similar to current smokers, whereas those who quit >5...
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PMID: 19418530
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We report on an 84-year-old woman with chronic pruritic otitis externa and myringitis. Microbiological and mycological investigations failed to establish the cause, but histology revealed a large amount of Demodex mites. Topical treatment for this ectoparasite resulted in a complete remission. The m...
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PMID: 19588062
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We performed both open cavity mastoidectomy and left staged ossiculoplasty. One year postoperatively, the audiogram showed an improved left air conduction threshold and maintenance of bone conduction. We suggest that noncholesteatomatous chronic otitis media can induce various destructive changes vi...
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PMID: 18626653
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Acta otorhinolaryngologica Italica : organo ufficiale della Societa italiana di otorinolaringologia e chirurgia cervico-facciale (29)3 2009
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Vibration-induced nystagmus, as clinical sign, was recently introduced in outpatient clinical practice for the study and evaluation of otoneurological patients. This response, which can only be evoked by bone conducted vibratory stimulation in the mastoid region or at the location on the forehead in...
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PMID: 20140158
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Investigation of the relatively new technology of optical coherence tomography indicated that this imaging modality may assist the ear surgeon to assess the oval window niche intra-operatively....
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PMID: 19138456
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The absence of audiologic side effects highlights the reduced trauma of the piezoelectric cut, demonstrates the superiority of the Piezosurgery device in terms of safety and protection of anatomical structures and confirms its applicability in all the otologic techniques tested. OBJECTIVES: The aim...
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PMID: 18720072
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We present the clinical picture of a 74-year-old man with a recurrent hyperkeratotic, partially inverted seborrheic keratosis of the right external auditory canal. This disease is sometimes difficult to diagnose, particulary to mark down malignant lesions. An uncritical diagnosis must be avoided, si...
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PMID: 17468841
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Cholesterol granuloma is an intractable ear disease. Many studies of this condition have been published since the initial report by Manasse. However, the pathogenesis of this condition is unclear. This study reviewed the treatment of middle-ear cholesterol granuloma in 16 patients undergoing surgica...
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PMID: 19848011
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Otology & Neurotology (30)3 2009
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We report middle-aged male monozygotic twins who simultaneously developed CNCH. This suggests, but does not prove, the possibility of a hereditary factor in the pathogenesis of CNCH....
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PMID: 19175786
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The Nurse Practitioner (34)4 2009
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