BACKGROUND: various disorders in the nasal cavity and paranasal sinuses, can affect the resonance of nasal passage way and result in a perceptual change in the quality of the nasal sound, called nasality, nasalance can theoretically vary from 0% (no sound fro the nose) to 100% (all the sound from the nose). PATIENTS AND METHODS: this study included 45 patients ... Read more

Abstract: Objectives: This is a study of patients presented with unilateral chronic suppurative otitis media to know how often there is an abnormality in the other ear in these patients. Material & Methods: This study was conducted on 46 patients with unilateral chronic suppurative otitis media who were admitted to ear, nose and throat ( ENT ) department, Sohag university ... Read more

OBJECTIVE: To report the value of nasal endoscopy as an outpatient procedure in the diagnosis of posterior nasal obstruction. METHODS: Over one year period, from March 2002 to March 2003, we evaluated 130 adult patients that attended the Ear, Nose and Throat Department of Sohag University Hospital in Egypt with persistent nasal obstruction via anterior rhinoscopy and flexible nasopharyngoscopy. We ... Read more

BACKGROUND: This study examined the light and the electron microscopic changes in the mucosa of primary atrophic rhinitis and compared them with the normal nasal mucosa to establish the changes in the surfactant system. A prospective original study was performed. METHODS: Twenty cases of primary atrophic rhinitis were randomly selected in the outpatient clinic of Sohag University Ear, Nose, and ... Read more

Tuberculosis (TB) is an important re-emerging disease with increasing global morbidity and mortality. Pulmonary involvement is the commonest form of TB and otorhinolaryngologic (ORL) manifestations are common presentations in patients with pulmonary TB (PTB). To evaluate the prevalence of ORL lesions and their effects in these patients this study was prospectively designed. One hundred consecutive patients with newly diagnosed PTB ... Read more

A variety of genetic changes, responsible for the genomic instability of cancer cells, have frequently been found in primary head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (SCC). We studied the frequency of genomic instability in SCC of the pharynx and larynx compared to the degree of tumor differentiation to determine if there is any correlation between. The study group included 30 ... Read more

All patients with choanal polyps (CPs), operated upon over a 4 years period, with special emphasis on those with unusual sites of origin, were recorded to evaluate these cases and confirm the role of endoscopic sinus surgery and computed tomography. We reported 63 patients with CPs. Antrochoanal polyp (ACP) was the commonest variety constituting 84.1% of all cases. Those with ... Read more

Balance tests may give valuable information that sometimes can be of help. Of these tests we evaluated five to study their sensitivity, specificity and correlation with electronystagmographic (ENG) results. These tests are; head shaking test (HST), Unterberger (UT) or Fukuda stepping test (FST), Dix-Hallpike test (DHT), Romberg’s test (RT) and Tandem gait test (TGT). We found that HST has low ... Read more

All cases of antrochoanal polyps (ACPs) were recorded over a 3.5-year period. We faced 48 cases, 8 of which presented atypically as bilateral nasal polypi (5 cases), simultaneously occurring bilateral ACPs (2 cases; the first presenting also as bilateral nasal polypi), 2 ACPs occurring together on one side (1 case, presenting also as bilateral nasal polypi) and recurrent unilateral epistaxis ... Read more

One-stage reconstruction utilizing mainly autogenous materials was done to assess feasibility, safety, and functional outcome. The study included 31 patients with extensive cholesteatoma. Wide exposure through canal wall-down (CWD) procedure, eradication of the pathology, and establishment of Eustachian tube patency were the principal goals leaving an area free of residual disease suitable for one-stage reconstruction. Autogenous conchal cartilage was utilized ... Read more