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ABSTRACT: Intratracheal ectopic thyroid tissue is a rare abnormality that can cause airway obstruction. The symptoms can easily be confused with those of bronchial asthma. We describe the case of a 40-year-old man with subglottic thyroid tissue and multinodular goiter who had been misdiagnosed earlier with bronchial asthma. After the correct diagnosis was established, the lesion was excised via an external approach. We also discuss the clinical features and management of intratracheal thyroid tissue.
Ear, nose, & throat journal 08/2007; 86(7):406-8, 418. · 0.66 Impact Factor
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ABSTRACT: This study evaluated the long-term results of transcanal butterfly cartilage tympanoplasty technique in adult patients.
Transcanal butterfly cartilage tympanoplasty was performed in 11 adult patients (7 males, 4 females; mean age 30 years; range 21 to 45 years) with chronic otitis media. The operations were performed under general or local anesthesia. Perforation diameters ranged from 2 to 6 mm. The mean follow-up period was 9.5 months.
At the end of the follow-up period, perforations closed in 10 patients (90.9%). In one patient, reperforation occurred in the second month. The mean preoperative and postoperative air-bone gaps obtained in 10 patients were 18 dB and 6.5 dB, respectively.
Butterfly cartilage tympanoplasty technique was very effective to close central, small tympanic membrane perforations associated with minimal hearing loss.
Kulak burun bogaz ihtisas dergisi: KBB = Journal of ear, nose, and throat 02/2006; 16(4):160-3.
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ABSTRACT: Mucosal malignant melanomas are rare lesions, and they have different characteristics from their cutaneous counterparts. Since extended excisions of mucosal malignant melanomas located in the oropharyngeal region cause significant morbidity, limited surgical excision comes into consideration. Three cases of extensive oropharyngeal malignant melanomas were resected with 0.5-1.5-cm healthy tissue margins. The cases were followed for local recurrences. Case 1 applied radiotherapy and chemotherapy in addition to immunotherapy, and the patient is still alive without any local recurrences 18 months after surgery. The patient in case 2 underwent radiotherapy and immunotherapy and died 6 months after surgery. The patient in case 3 received chemotherapy in addition to immunotherapy and died 12 months after surgery as a result of distant metastasis. All cases were without any local recurrences. Surgical excision with limited tumor-free tissue margins may be the surgery of choice to prevent morbidity associated with wide resection of oropharyngeal malignant melanomas if other authors also reconfirm these results with many more cases in the future.
Archiv für Klinische und Experimentelle Ohren- Nasen- und Kehlkopfheilkunde 03/2005; 262(2):89-92. · 1.29 Impact Factor
