The patient demographics, presentation, and course of supraglottitis have changed since the widespread use of the Hib vaccine. Recognizing the signs and symptoms associated with airway obstruction is important in the safe and effective management of this condition.

Periodic Fever, Aphthous stomatitis, Pharyngitis and Adenitis (PFAPA) syndrome is an inflammatory disorder of childhood classically characterized by recurrent fevers, pharyngitis, stomatitis, cervical adenitis and leukocytosis. While the mechanism is unclear, previous studies have shown that tonsillectomy can be a therapeutic option with improvement in quality of life in many patients with PFAPA, but the mechanisms behind surgical success remain unknown. In addition, long-term clinical follow up is lacking. In our tertiary care center cohort, 62 patients with

The recurrence of contralateral hearing loss after craniotomies years apart suggests that patient specific anatomic risk factors predispose an individual to hearing loss after contralateral cerebellopontine angle surgery. Patients with previous history of contralateral hearing loss should be counseled that they may be at increased risk for recurrent loss in the setting of re-resection.

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