Swiss medical weekly
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We report on a rare peripartal neuropathy of the leg caused by prolonged difficult labour. Immediately after delivery two patients complained of unilateral footdrop and numbness in the leg. ⋯ The outcome was favourable in both patients. If subsequent pregnancies occur, caesarean section may be indicated.
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Unilateral chronic maxillary sinusitis is frequently attributed to dental origin. The goal of this retrospective study is to determine the frequency of maxillary sinusitis due to a foreign body of dental origin and its characteristics. ⋯ Chronic maxillary sinusitis attributable to a dental foreign body is rare and overestimated. There exists an important disproportion between the number of intra-sinusal dental foreign bodies and the number of patients who are symptomatic. Treatment is surgical by oral antrotomy and/or endonasal meatotomy. Only a prospective study could give a real estimation of the proportion of symptomatic cases and determine the predisposing factors.