Bilateral Laryngocele Causing Epiglottic Deformity and Upper Airway Obstruction

Laryngocele is the cystic dilatation of laryngeal ventricle. Most cases are asymptomatic and incidentally diagnosed in radiologic examinations. Although the etiology is unclear, obstruction, laryngeal pressure, congenital defects are possible risk factors. Computed tomography is the best method for diagnosis. Endoscopic, external or combined approaches have been described in the surgical treatment. Laryngocele should be kept in mind in patients with acute upper airway obstruction. Such patients may require tracheostomy. Some patients with laryngocele can also have laryngeal cancer, in which case direct laryngoscopy must be performed. This report presents a case with respiratory distress associated with bilateral laryngocele, and his management in the light of the literature

Primary Ewing’s Sarcoma of the Nasal Cavity: A Rare Case Report

Primitive neuroectodermal tumor/Ewing’s sarcoma (EWS) is a very rare tumor in the nasal cavity. It can be easily confused with sinusitis, polyps and other diseases. The most common symptoms are nasal congestion, epistaxis, olfactory disorders and facial pain. In our case, there was a huge tumor developed in the left nasal cavity and invaded orbita detected in physical examination. The diagnosis was EWS and the patient was given chemotherapy and radiotherapy. A rare nasal cavity tumor, EWS, is presented in this paper

A Unique Cause of Upper Airway Obstruction in a Child: Laryngeal Lipoma

There are lots of diseases causing pediatric upper airway obstruction and stridor. They can be both congenital or acquired. While congenital causes are laryngomalacia, vocal cord palsy, congenital subglottic stenosis, acquired ones range from infections to foreign bodies or neoplasms. Laryngeal neoplasms develop almost epithelial in origin. Non-epithelial tumors consist 1% of laryngeal neoplasms. Although lipoma is the most common soft tissue tumor, laryngeal involvement is very rare and seen in the ages between 40-60 years. A 13-month-old child who had laryngeal lipoma and upper airway obstruction was aimed to present in this paper

Evaluation of the effect of inferior turbinate outfracture on nasolacrimal transit time by saccharin test

AimTo evaluate the effect of inferior turbinate outfracture on nasolacrimal transit time by saccharin test.Materials and methodsTwenty patients who underwent septoplasty+unilateral radiofrequency ablation and outfracture of inferior turbinate were enrolled into study. They had no complaintsabout their eyes and denied previousocular surgery. Their nasolacrimal saccharin transittimes(NSTTs) were estimated preoperatively and postoperatively in the 1st and 2nd months. The non-fractured side eye was measured only once preoperatively. The fractured-side eye was measured three times. These times were compared statistically.ResultsThere were 8 men and 12 women. Mean age was 29.04. Killian incision was used in 14 and hemitransfixion incision was used in 6 patients. Median NSTT was 484, 461, 490 and 446s for the non-fracture side, preoperatively and postoperatively in the 1st and 2nd months, respectively. There was no statistically significant difference between the two eyes preoperatively, and in the fractured side preoperatively and postoperatively in the 2nd month. There were significant differences between median NSTT in postoperative 1st month and median NSTT in the preoperative measure, and between postoperative 1st and 2nd months (p<0.05). Median NSST in the 1st month was longer than the others.ConclusionOutfracture of inferior turbinate had no permanent effect on NSTT 2months after surgery in patients that had a healthy nasolacrimal system

Use of Neutrophil, Eosinophil, Basophil, and Platelet to Lymphocyte Ratio to Predict Patient Satisfaction After Septoplasty Plus Inferior Turbinate Reduction

Aim: Investigation of the predictive value of neutrophil, platelet, eosinophil, and basophil to lymphocyte ratio (NLR, PLR, ELR, and BLR) in evaluation of patients' satisfaction of septoplasty + inferior turbinate reduction operations