Revue de laryngologie - otologie - rhinologie
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Rev Laryngol Otol Rhinol (Bord) · Jan 2009
Case ReportsNon-traumatic nasal septal abscess due to acute spheno-ethmoiditis.
Non-traumatic nasal septal abscesses (NSAs) are rare and those associated with acute sinusitis are even rarer. We report a case of a 12-year-old female child with NSA and complicating acute spheno-ethmoiditis that was diagnosed by physical examination and computed tomography (CT) scan. The NSA was treated by surgical incision and drainage of the abscess, endoscopic aspiration of pus from the spheno-ethmoidal recess, systemic antibiotic therapy, and nasal cleansing.
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Rev Laryngol Otol Rhinol (Bord) · Jan 2009
[Bronchoscopic findings in children with prolonged respiratory symptoms].
This retrospective study aims to establish an algorithm indicating a bronchoscopy, based on clinical and radiological criteria predictive of the presence of a foreign body (FB), in children with prolonged respiratory symptoms and no history of foreign body aspiration (FBA); to establish a study of these criteria and to compare the clinical, radiological and broncoscopic findings in such cases. ⋯ Bronchoscopy must be indicated in suspected cases of FBA to prevent delayed diagnosis and pulmonary sequelae. The clinical and radiological findings may help the clinician to indicate it.