Objective: Japanese people are physically larger and live longer than in the past. In light of these changes, we studied anthropometric auricular morphology in Japanese people in all age groups. Methods: Subjects were 1,958 healthy Japanese people with no ear disease , 966 males aged 0-94 years and 992 females aged 0-99 years. They were classified at 5-year intervals into 18 age groups , and each group consisted of 50-72 persons. Bilateral size of auricles (ear length , ear width, length of ear attachment, auricular cartilage length, and auricular lobe length) were measured in the usual manner. All measurements were made with calipers by a single observer. Results: Larger values were obtained in males than in females in almost all age groups. Rapid growth was observed until late teenage, and significant growth continued thereafter until advanced age. Auricular size was found to be greater than that in Japanese people in the past. Conclusions: In addition to changes in auricular size believed attributable to growth until late teenage , ageassociated changes appear to continue during adulthood .
Itoh I, Ikui A, Ikeda M, Tomita H, Endo S. Taste disorder involving Hunter's glossitis following total gastrectomy. Acta Otolaryngol 2002; Suppl 546: 159 -163.We treated ve patients with Hunter's glossitis following total gastrectomy. The major complaints of the patients were taste disorder and abnormal glossal sensation. In all ve cases, the patient's tongue was red and smooth, and laboratory testing showed the presence of macrocytic anemia and decreased serum concentration of vitamin B12 (cyanocobalamin). Gustometry was carried out in four cases and the results documented the presence of taste disorder. All ve patients were treated by administration of vitamin B12, which led to improvements in the appearance of the tongue, the patients' subjective complaints and the results of taste testing. When patients present with a red, smooth tongue, Hunter's glossitis (which can easily be improved by administration of vitamin B12) should be considered in the differential diagnosis. Acta Otolaryngol Downloaded from informahealthcare.com by Monash University on 08/25/15For personal use only.
We analyzed the CT findings in 35 patients with pulmonary sarcoidosis. Twenty-seven patients had biopsy-proven sarcoidosis; in eight patients the diagnosis was made clinically. In all the 35 patients, 10-mm collimation scans were available. In seven patients, high-resolution CT was also obtained. Twenty-eight patients had lymphadenopathy associated with pulmonary infiltration, two patients had pulmonary infiltration without lymphadenpathy, five patients had lymphadenopathy alone. The most frequent parenchymal features on CT were small nodules (100%) and irregularly thickened bronchovascular bundle (90%). Other frequent CT findings were pleural or subpleural thickening (83%), septal lines (73%) and ground-glass attenuation (63%). In all cases, small nodules were associated with other lesions. The authors conclude that in patients with sarcoidosis, CT is a valuable technique to visualize the findings in the pulmonary parenchyma characteristic enough to allow confident diagnosis. While high-resolution CT is superior in the assessment of linear opacities and cysts, conventional CT is superior in demonstrating small nodular opacities. We believe that both should be combined in the examination of patients with sarcoidosis.
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