Chronic mucosal diseases of middle ear cleft or chronic suppurative otitis media has been traditionally defined as a chronic inflammation of the middle ear and mastoid usually associated with perforation of the tympanic membrane and otorrhoea. Understanding the pathology and pathogenesis of chronic suppurative otitis media is important in predicting the management, prognosis and sequelae of the disease. The present prospective study was conducted to evaluate the clinical, intraoperative and histopathological changes in middle ear cleft. 100 patients diagnosed with CSOM who underwent surgery were taken. The mucosa and granulation tissue was removed along with ossicles wherever indicated and sent for histopathological examination. On clinical examination, 72 cases were found to be of tubotympanic type and 28 cases of atticoantral variety. However, intraoperatively, of the tubotympanic cases 8 were found to be of unsafe type which was also proven histologically. Stratified squamous epithelium was revealed in most of the cases accompanied by changes in the submucosa. Ossicular chain was involved in 40 cases with incus being the commonest bone to be eroded.
<p class="abstract">Epidermoids or epidermal inclusion cysts are developmental malformations rarely seen in the oral cavity. They are a histological variant of lesions broadly termed as dermoid cysts. The case discussed here stands out not only due to its unique clinical presentation which can put a clinician in a diagnostic dilemma but also because of its anatomical variation upon surgical exploration which can add to the conundrum<span lang="EN-IN">.</span></p><p class="abstract"> </p>
Since a long time scrofuloderma (SCF) was thought to be a common disease of childhood and was attributable to Myco _ bacterium tuberculosis. In 1951, a new entity nontuber culous scrofulo derma was described and it is caused by atypical myco bacteria namely Mycobacterium scrofulaceum. The clinical picture closely mimics tuberculous scrofuloderma but diagnosis should be established through culture isolation and identi fication,becausedrugsusceptibilitymaybedifferentin these cases.In this article, we report a case of a 22-year-old pregnant female patient who presented to us with scrofulaceous lesion on the right side of neck.
Laryngeal trauma is exceptionally rare due to the protective effect of the mandible and sternum and the laryngotracheal framework's elastic nature. Trauma to the larynx can be life-threatening and cause not only mortality but longterm upper aerodigestive morbidity.Here is a case of a 37 year-old male with electric burn of laryngotracheal region.
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