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This article gives an overview about the main nasopharyngeal pathologies and incidental findings, which a radiologist could be confronted with in daily practice. These include nasopharyngeal cysts, lymphoid hyperplasia, juvenile angiofibroma, carcinomas and non-Hodgkin lymphoma. Typical radiological findings, possibilities for making a specific diagnosis, differential diagnosis and description of the spread of a neoplasm are the central points. Investigation techniques and clinical signs are briefly summarized.
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Review Case Reports
[Penetrating gunshot wound in the neck. Case report and review of the literature].
Penetrating gunshot neck injuries present a serious challenge for the primary attending surgeon. By means of a case treated in the German Field Hospital in Mazar-e-Sharif (northern Afghanistan) and a review of the literature, the principles of diagnosis and treatment of penetrating zone II neck injuries due to gunshots or shrapnel are presented.
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We present the case of a 44-year-old wrestler suffering from persistent bronchitis and chronic rhinosinusitis which had been refractory to therapy. The patient underwent extensive diagnostic examinations throughout the disease. Recently, at the age of 42 years otorhinological controls led to presentation at a cystic fibrosis (CF) centre where CF with the genotype Fdel508/3849+10 kb C-->T was diagnosed despite borderline sweat tests. Atypical CF should be considered in chronic persistent rhinosinusitis even in patients with borderline sweat tests.