Inadvertent catheterisation of the auditory tube during myringotomy in a dog

A four-year-old female neutered Cocker Spaniel with a two-year history of relapsing bilateral otitis underwent general anaesthesia and myringotomy for the management of otitis media. This had been previously diagnosed using CT and video-otoscopy six weeks earlier. Due to the thickened and convex nature of the tympanum, the myringotomy incision was made in the caudodorsal quadrant of the tympanum and not the caudoventral quadrant as intended. The catheter advanced freely for several centimetres and air was aspirated. CT confirmed that the catheter had passed through the auditory tube and into the nasopharynx. To the authors’ knowledge, this is the first report of inadvertent auditory tube catheterisation during myringotomy in the dog. It highlights the importance of accurate catheter placement and the difficulties associated with this in thickened or bulging tympanic membranes.

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Purulent Otitis Media: Differences Between Populations in Different Environments

PEDIATRICS ◽

10.1542/peds.53.2.135 ◽

1974 ◽

Vol 53 (2) ◽

pp. 135-136

Author(s):

Patrick Manning ◽

Mary Ellen Avery ◽

Alan Ross

Keyword(s):

Hearing Loss ◽

Adverse Effects ◽

Language Development ◽

Otitis Media ◽

Early Life ◽

Educational Programs ◽

Previous Issue ◽

High Incidence ◽

History Of ◽

Tympanic Membranes

The paper by Kaplan and colleagues in a previous issue starts by emphasizing the unusually high incidence of otitis media among Eskimo children. Forty-one percent of their cohort of 489 Alaskan Eskimo children, followed for ten years, had perforations or scars of the tympanic membranes; significant hearing losses were present in 16% of the group. Among the 374 children with a history of otorrhea, 291 (78%) had their first attack before their second birthday. The adverse effects of hearing loss in early life on language development were underscored by the authors, who quite properly point out the need for special educational programs.

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Angiomyoma of the retropharyngeal space

The Journal of Laryngology & Otology ◽

10.1017/s0022215100158384 ◽

1998 ◽

Vol 112 (3) ◽

pp. 290-293 ◽

Cited By ~ 8

Author(s):

Takeo Fuse ◽

Shin Yoshida ◽

Akira Sakakibara ◽

Teiichi Motoyama

Keyword(s):

General Anaesthesia ◽

Posterior Wall ◽

Indirect Laryngoscopy ◽

Retropharyngeal Space ◽

First Report ◽

Lateral Pharyngotomy ◽

History Of

AbstractWe encountered a 59-year-old man with angiomyoma of the retropharyngeal space. He had been referred to our hospital because of a six-month history of a sensation of a narrowed pharynx. A smooth-surfaced tumour arising from the posterior wall in the hypopharynx was observed by indirect laryngoscopy. Radiographical imaging revealed a solitary tumour with homogenous contents in the retropharyngeal space. The tumour was successfully removed via a lateral pharyngotomy approach under general anaesthesia. Histopathologically, the tumour was composed of numerous veins with thick muscular walls. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first report of an angiomyoma arising in the retropharyngeal space.

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Family cluster of cholesteatoma

The Journal of Laryngology & Otology ◽

10.1017/s0022215106004117 ◽

2006 ◽

Vol 121 (1) ◽

pp. 65-67 ◽

Cited By ~ 7

Author(s):

P Homøe ◽

J Rosborg

Keyword(s):

Otitis Media ◽

World Literature ◽

Rare Case ◽

Case Reports ◽

First Report ◽

The Family ◽

The World ◽

Acquired Cholesteatoma ◽

Hereditary Factors ◽

History Of

Objective: We report an extremely rare case of family clustering of cholesteatoma.Method: Case reports and a review of the world literature concerning cholesteatoma and heredity are presented.Results: The family consists of parents and seven siblings of whom the mother and three sons have been surgically treated for cholesteatoma. All cholesteatomas in the family are acquired and all have a history of otitis media. Cholesteatomas occur with an incidence of 5/100 000 in Greenland, corresponding to two to three new cholesteatoma patients per year among the 57 000 inhabitants of Greenland. The family is very exceptional and interesting for further research concerning heredity in the pathogenesis of acquired cholesteatoma.Conclusion: To our knowledge this is the first report in the world literature of family clustering of acquired cholesteatoma. This case indicates that hereditary factors interplay with other factors in the pathogenesis of cholesteatoma.

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A history of botanical collections in the Luangwa Valley, Zambia

Archives of Natural History ◽

10.3366/anh.1998.25.2.283 ◽

1998 ◽

Vol 25 (2) ◽

pp. 283-291

Author(s):

P.S.M. PHIRI ◽

D.M. MOORE

Keyword(s):

Eighteenth Century ◽

Environmental Impact ◽

Impact Assessment ◽

Vascular Plants ◽

Central Africa ◽

Peak Activity ◽

Historical Account ◽

History Of ◽

The 1960S ◽

Made In

Central Africa remained botanically unknown to the outside world up to the end of the eighteenth century. This paper provides a historical account of plant explorations in the Luangwa Valley. The first plant specimens were collected in 1897 and the last serious botanical explorations were made in 1993. During this period there have been 58 plant collectors in the Luangwa Valley with peak activity recorded in the 1960s. In 1989 1,348 species of vascular plants were described in the Luangwa Valley. More botanical collecting is needed with a view to finding new plant taxa, and also to provide a satisfactory basis for applied disciplines such as ecology, phytogeography, conservation and environmental impact assessment.

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Chasing Angels: The Sweet Wine Angelica

Gastronomica The Journal of Food and Culture ◽

10.1525/gfc.2008.8.3.74 ◽

2008 ◽

Vol 8 (3) ◽

pp. 74-78

Author(s):

hank shaw

Keyword(s):

The State ◽

The Real ◽

Mission Period ◽

History Of ◽

Uncertain Future ◽

Sweet Wine ◽

Made In

Portugal has port, Spain has sherry, Sicily has Marsala –– and California has angelica. Angelica is California's original wine: The intensely sweet, fortified dessert cordial has been made in the state for more than two centuries –– primarily made from Mission grapes, first brought to California by the Spanish friars. Angelica was once drunk in vast quantities, but now fewer than a dozen vintners make angelica today. These holdouts from an earlier age are each following a personal quest for the real. For unlike port and sherry, which have strict rules about their production, angelica never gelled into something so distinct that connoisseurs can say, ““This is angelica. This is not.”” This piece looks at the history of the drink, its foggy origins in the Mission period and on through angelica's heyday and down to its degeneration into a staple of the back-alley wino set. Several current vintners are profiled, and they suggest an uncertain future for this cordial.

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Not as It Is Written

The Public Historian ◽

10.1525/tph.2020.42.2.78 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 42 (2) ◽

pp. 78-100

Author(s):

Benjamin Houston

Keyword(s):

African American ◽

Civil Rights ◽

Oral History ◽

Civil Rights Movement ◽

International Exhibition ◽

Black Experience ◽

American Perspective ◽

History Of ◽

Black Life ◽

Made In

This article discusses an international exhibition that detailed the recent history of African Americans in Pittsburgh. Methodologically, the exhibition paired oral history excerpts with selected historic photographs to evoke a sense of Black life during the twentieth century. Thematically, showcasing the Black experience in Pittsburgh provided a chance to provoke among a wider public more nuanced understandings of the civil rights movement, an era particularly prone to problematic and superficial misreadings, but also to interject an African American perspective into the scholarship on deindustrializing cities, a literature which treats racism mostly in white-centric terms. This essay focuses on the choices made in reconciling these thematic and methodological dimensions when designing this exhibition.

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RISHTAN SCHOOL OF CERAMICS

Journal of look to the past ◽

10.26739/2181-9599-2019-16-12 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 16 (2) ◽

pp. 73-77

Author(s):

Akmal Marozikov ◽

Keyword(s):

Central Asia ◽

Building Materials ◽

Works Of Art ◽

The World ◽

Ferghana Valley ◽

History Of ◽

Made In ◽

National Style

Ceramics is an area that has a long history of making clay bowls, bowls, plates,pitchers, bowls, bowls, bowls, pots, pans, toys, building materials and much more.Pottery developed in Central Asia in the XII-XIII centuries. Rishtan school, one of the oldest cities in the Ferghana Valley, is one of the largest centers of glazed ceramics inCentral Asia. Rishtan ceramics and miniatures are widely recognized among the peoples of the world and are considered one of the oldest cities in the Ferghana Valley. The article discusses the popularity of Rishtan masters, their products made in the national style,and works of art unique to any region

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Ten Percent of SIDS Cases are Murder — or are They?

Academic Forensic Pathology ◽

10.23907/2017.018 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 7 (2) ◽

pp. 163-170 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Christopher M. Milroy ◽

Charis Kepron

Keyword(s):

Sudden Infant Death ◽

Current Data ◽

History of otorhinolaryngology in Germany before 1921

HNO ◽

10.1007/s00106-021-01046-9 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 69 (5) ◽

pp. 338-365

Author(s):

Albert Mudry ◽

Robert Mlynski ◽

Burkhard Kramp

Keyword(s):

Head And Neck ◽

19Th Century ◽

Neck Surgery ◽

German Society ◽

100Th Anniversary ◽

Head And Neck Surgery ◽

History Of ◽

Academic Organization ◽

The 19Th Century ◽

Made In

AbstractIn 2021, the German Society of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery is celebrating the 100th anniversary of its foundation. The aim of this article is to present the main inventions and progress made in Germany before 1921, the date the society was founded. Three chronological periods are discernible: the history of otorhinolaryngology (ORL) in Germany until the beginning of the 19th century, focusing mainly on the development of scattered knowledge; the birth of the sub-specialties otology, laryngology (pharyngo-laryngology and endoscopy), and rhinology in the 19th century, combining advances in knowledge and implementation of academic structures; and the creation of the ORL specialty at the turn of the 20th century, mainly concentrating on academic organization and expansion. This period was crucial and allowed for the foundation of the German Society of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery on solid ground. Germany played an important role in the development and progress of ORL internationally in the 19th century with such great contributors as Anton von Tröltsch, Hermann Schwartze, Otto Körner, Rudolf Voltolini, and Gustav Killian to mention a few.

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Congenital Toxoplasmosis: Missed Opportunities for Diagnosis and Prevention

Journal of Tropical Pediatrics ◽

10.1093/tropej/fmaa069 ◽

2020 ◽

Author(s):

Raquel Aitken Soares Mueller ◽

Ana Cristina Cisne Frota ◽

Daniela Durão Menna Barreto ◽

Daniela Pires Ferreira Vivacqua ◽

Gabriela Bueno Loria ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Antenatal Care ◽

Congenital Toxoplasmosis ◽

First Trimester ◽

University Hospital ◽

Serological Testing ◽

Missed Opportunities ◽

Clinic Appointment ◽

History Of ◽

Acute Toxoplasmosis ◽

Made In

Abstract Objectives Identify missed opportunities for the prevention and early diagnosis of congenital toxoplasmosis (CT) in infants followed up in a reference center for pediatric infectious diseases (PID) in Rio de Janeiro between January 2007 and December 2016. Methods Descriptive study including infants with CT, diagnosis established based on Brazil’s Ministry of Health’s criteria. All data regarding the infants and their mother’s prenatal care were collected from the medical records of the Instituto de Puericultura e Pediatria Martagão Gesteira (IPPMG)—a tertiary public pediatric university hospital. The study enrolled infants aged between 0 and 12 months followed up in the PID department of IPPMG and with confirmed infection by Toxoplasma gondii in the period between January 2007 and December 2016. All patients with diagnosis of CT registered in the PID database of the IPPMG and admitted in the above-mentioned period were included in the study. Patients whose records were not available, or who went to just one clinic appointment were excluded. Results The obstetric history of all 44 women, whose infants (45) were diagnosed with CT, was analyzed. Their median age was 22 years. None had undergone preconception serological testing for toxoplasmosis. Only 20 (45%) of them started antenatal care during the first trimester of gestation, a total of 24 (55%) had more than six antenatal care visits, and 16% of those did not undergo serological testing for toxoplasmosis. None were adequately informed of preventive measures. The diagnosis of acute toxoplasmosis was made in 50% of these pregnancies but 32% of the women were not treated. Only 10 children of these mothers were adequately screened and treated at birth. Conclusion Despite the existence of national recommendations, several opportunities were missed to prevent CT during the antenatal period and to diagnose and treat this condition in the neonatal period.

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