Diagnostic tools in Rhinology EAACI position paper

This EAACI Task Force document aims at providing the readers with a comprehensive and complete overview of the currently available tools for diagnosis of nasal and sino-nasal disease. We have tried to logically order the different important issues related to history taking, clinical examination and additional investigative tools for evaluation of the severity of sinonasal disease into a consensus document. A panel of European experts in the field of Rhinology has contributed to this consensus document on Diagnostic Tools in Rhinology

A pattern recognition approach for anomaly detection on buses brake system

Diagnosis of complex systems refers to the problem of identifying a breakdown or a failure based on an inspection, a control or a test. Monitoring such industrial complex systems is essential to schedule relevant maintenance actions. We consider an automotive subsystem to monitor: the brake system, because of its impact on the vehicles availability Through a European project [1], data are acquired via invehicle communication protocols and additional sensors. This work aims at developing remote diagnostic and maintenance support tools driven by these data. Our approach combines an analytic model and detection techniques in order to monitor the brake system. We provide experimental results on vehicle data using two multivariate detection methods

Spontaneous Dissection of Internal Carotid Artery Masquerading as Angioedema

Spontaneous dissection of the internal carotid artery usually presents with stroke-like symptoms secondary to ischemia in its vascular territory, as well as local signs and symptoms, which may include head, face or neck pain, Horner’s syndrome, pulsatile tinnitus, and cranial nerve palsies. We report a case of a 44-year-old healthy white male who presented with tongue swelling mimicking angioedema as an unusual manifestation of spontaneous dissection of the internal carotid artery. Two weeks after the initial presentation, the patient returned with similar symptoms and slurred speech. Upon physical examination, he was noted to have isolated left-sided hypoglossal nerve palsy. Subsequent diagnostic imaging revealed segmental narrowing of the left internal carotid artery. The appearance was consistent with the presence of a spontaneous internal carotid artery dissection with associated pseudoaneurysm formation