Anales otorrinolaringológicos ibero-americanos
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An Otorrinolaringol Ibero Am · Jan 2002
Case Reports[Dysphagia in cervical hyperostosis of Forestier's disease].
Some rachis conditions can produce dysphagia. We report one case of extrinsic oesophageal dysphagia, unusual but not exceptional problem. ⋯ He showed an enormous osteophytes widespread throughout the cervical vertebrae, fusing together and causing the extrinsic compression both of hypopharynx and oesophagus. Bibliography perusal.
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An Otorrinolaringol Ibero Am · Jan 2001
Case Reports[Hypoglossal nerve palsy and infectious mononucleosis].
Neurologic manifestations are infrequent in infectious mononucleosis and specially hypoglossal nerve involvement is very rare. To the best of our knowledge only 6 cases have been previously reported. We describe herein the case of a 20-years-old man who presented an unilateral hypoglossal nerve palsy secondary to infectious mononucleosis. He was treated i.v. steroids without recovery, but the palsy resolved spontaneously 2 months after the onset.
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An Otorrinolaringol Ibero Am · Jan 2001
Case Reports[Management of epistaxis in Rendu-Osler-Weber disease].
The Rendu-Osler-Weber disease is an hereditary hemorrhagic dysfunction with muco-cutaneous telangiectasia of diverse localization, being able to internal organs and committing the life in some cases, not alone for the derived systemic complications, but for the quantity of the recurrent nosebleed that are the most frequent feature and sometimes restrictive that these patients present. We report two family groups with multidisciplinary diagnosis, and analyze them most important ENT aspects for this syndrome.
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It is a well-known fact, and there are several publications on this matter, the links between panic attacks, simulation, anxiety, depression and lightheadedness or imbalance, but in our perusal of the related literature no connection between pathological mourning, dizziness and imbalance was found. In this paper are reported the outcomes of a prospective study of 58 patients suffering vertigo and imbalance as well and psychiatrically assessed. Pathologic mourning shows its predominance among otic vertiginous. This feature, we think, should be investigated when collecting the anamnesis of patients complaining of dizziness and/or imbalance in order to planning the appropriate treatment.
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An Otorrinolaringol Ibero Am · Jan 2000
[Acute epiglottitis in the adult. Retrospective study of 14 cases].
Acute epiglottitis instead of been a well recognised disease in children, is a rare condition in adult patients. Failure to diagnose epiglottitis early, in adults, undoubtedly contributes to its continuing mortality. We report our experience with acute epiglottitis in grown-up people with a retrospective series of 14 patients seen in our Department from 1993 to 1997. We comment about clinical features and therapeutic management of these patients.