ABSTRACT Rhinosporidiosis is an infection caused by Rhinosporidium seeberi that frequently presents as a polypoidal nasal lesions. Here, we report the first indigenous case of tumoral rhinosporidiosis in Egypt. In this case, a 25-year-old male patient from a rural background of Assuit City presented with epistaxis and a nasal polyp. The patient had not traveled abroad. The diagnosis was established ... إقراء المزيد

Background: Touch imprint cytology (TIC) is a method used with remarkable success in the diagnosis of tumors. Objectives: To assess the utility (sensitivity, specificity and accuracy) of an intraoperative touch imprint (TIC) in the diagnosis of the ear, nose and throat and head and neck mass lesions, we compared TIC with permanent hematoxylin and eosin histology in the diagnosis of ... إقراء المزيد

SUMMARY 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 ... إقراء المزيد

ABSTRACT 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 ... إقراء المزيد

SUMMARY To verify the effectiveness of Epley’s particle repositioning maneuver we designed this prospective study that included 196 patients with BPPV and followed them up for one year. We found that Epley’s maneuver had 97% success rate after two weeks and 94% after one year. Thirty percent of patients complained of lightheadedness in two weeks which dropped to 4% after ... إقراء المزيد

Congenital cholesteatoma may originate at various sites in the temporal bone. For example, in the petrous apex, the cerebellopontine angle, the middle ear cavity, the mastoid process or the external auditory canal. The least common site being the mastoid process. We present two cases of congenital cholesteatoma of the mastoid process, each presenting with different symptoms and at different ages. ... إقراء المزيد

Objectives: Undergraduate medical education requires ongoing improvement in order to keep pace with the changing demands of twenty-first century medical practice. Problem-based learning is increasingly being adopted in medical schools worldwide. We review its application in the specialty of ENT, and we present our experience of using this approach combined with more traditional methods. Methods: We introduced problem-based learning techniques ... إقراء المزيد