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Introduction: Chronic Otitis Media is an infection in the middle ear that is caused by bacteria or viruses. It can develop from an acute ear infection, but can also develop from factors such as allergies, recurrent ear infections, or other underlying health problems. Symptoms of chronic otitis media usually include ringing in the ears, dizziness, earache, hearing problems, and can cause permanent hearing damage. Luckily, there are effective treatments available to treat chronic otitis media. These include medication, supportive therapy, and in some cases, surgery. Materials and Methods: The case of a young patient with chronic otitis media and evolution to mastoiditis is presented. Case Report: Patient, 18 years old, admitted with a picture of purulent otorrhea associated with fever for 15 days. He had a history of intermittent puru..... ReadMore -
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Chronic cholesteatomatous otitis media (CCOM), often described as dangerous because of its osteolytic properties and its progressive nature responsible for serious complications. Objective: To describe the diagnostic and therapeutic aspects of extra and intracranial complications of CCOM in our context...... ReadMore -
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Cervicofacial cellulitis are infections of the cellulo-adipose tissues of the face and neck, with extensive potential towards the mediastinum, which can be serious and life-threatening...... ReadMore -
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The Battle´s sign was initially described by William Henry Bat- tle (1855-1936) it refers to retroauricular ecchymosis on the mas- toid, which indicates a fracture of the median base of the skull [1]. This sign is noted as a bruising of the mastoid process as a con- sequence of extravasation...... ReadMore -
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Penetrating injuries of neck are always demanding and concerns most care givers. Subclavian artery and vein injuries can be catastrophic in some emergent facilities, which may be associated with main artery ligation...... ReadMore -
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he authors report the story of a schwannoma implanted on the left side of the nasal septum in a 46- year-old female patient complaining of nasal obstruction. A sinus CT-scanner showed a non- encapsulated 32 x 28 x 18 mm soft-tissue mass in the left nasal fossa, associated with a left anterior sinusitis...... ReadMore -
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Deafness is the most common neurosensory deficit in the world. The impact on language acquisition is a major concern in children. In Cameroon, 14 children with profound bilateral prelingual sensorineural hearing loss were rehabilitated with cochlear implants in the ENT departments of the Yaounde and Douala General hospitals...... ReadMore -
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The processed frequency range of the acoustical signal in a Med-El cochlear implants can be set from the lower limit — 70-350 Hz to the upper limit — 3500-8500 Hz. Taking into account how the speech signal is processed in the cochlear implant processor, we assumed that there is the best frequency range for speech perception of implanted patients. Of the four 5-channel implant models with different frequency ranges...... ReadMore