Ranula – Clinical presentation, diagnosis and management
Ranula is an uncommon clinical condition characterized by a translucent, blue cystic swelling in the floor of the mouth, arising due to accumulation of extravasated mucus from the sublingual salivary […]
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Clinical Practice Guidelines for management of Dysphonia
Dysphonia or impaired voice production is a clinical condition characterized by altered vocal quality, pitch, loudness, or vocal effort that impairs communication and/or quality of life. This is a very […]
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Incomplete Cochlear Partition Type I
Inner ear malformations (IEM) represent about 20%–35% of the etiology of congenital sensorineural hearing loss (SNHL). Incomplete cochlear partition anomalies characterize a group of IEM with normal cochlear location, external […]
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Microtia kids get new 3D-printed ears from lab with their own cells
Microtia is a congenital external ear deformity characterized by hypoplasia (incomplete development) of the pinna, ranging from the measurably small external ear with a minimal structural abnormality, to ear with […]
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Sudden Sensorineural Hearing Loss is an early predictor of Cerebrovascular Accidents
Sudden sensorineural hearing loss is an acute dysfunction of the inner ear that affects men and women approximately equally, with a peak age-related incidence occurring between 50 and 60 years. […]
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Velopharyngeal Insufficiency
Velopharyngeal Insufficiency (VI) is the inability to temporarily close the connection between nasopharynx and oropharynx, due to an anatomical dysfunction in soft palate (velum), lateral pharyngeal wall or posterior pharyngeal […]
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Carotid Body Tumors / Chemodectoma – Clinical features and Treatment
Carotid body tumor, also known as carotid body paraganglioma or chemodectoma, is a highly vascular tumor, arising from chromaffin (paraganglion) cells of the extra-adrenal tissues in the carotid body. Anatomy […]
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Shamblin classification of carotid body tumors
Carotid body tumour, also known as a chemodectoma or carotid body paraganglioma, are highly vascular tumors arising from the paraganglion cells of the carotid body. These tumors are located at the site of […]
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Adenotonsillectomy can improve bedwetting in children with obstructive sleep apnea
Bladder control in children usually occurs by the age of 5 years. Nocturnal enuresis (NE) or bedwetting, is the involuntary urination during sleep, in absence of physical disease in a child older than […]
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Calcific prevertebral tendinitis
Acute calcific prevertebral tendinitis also is known as calcific retropharyngeal tendinitis or prevertebral calcific tendinitis is a self-limiting clinical condition due to calcification and inflammation of longus colli muscle and […]
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Thyroidectomy is better than radioactive iodine therapy in preventing complications of hyperthyroidism
Hyperthyroidism is a clinical condition where the thyroid gland is overactive and produces excess thyroid hormone. The most common causes of hyperthyroidism are Graves’ disease (autoimmune process), toxic nodular goiter and […]
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Bethesda system for Thyroid Malignancies 2007, 2017 and 2023 Updates
Fine needle aspiration cytology (FNAC) is a corner stone investigation done in the evaluation of thyroid lesion. It is a simple, safe, quick and cost-effective outpatient procedure for diagnosing thyroid […]
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CT Scan, Endoscopy or MRI – Which is the best investigation in sinusitis?
Sinusitis is one of the commonest causes of patients visit to the oto-rhino-laryngologist (ENT). Making a diagnosis of sinusitis can be challenging as it is not always clear if it is […]
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Tubercle of Zuckerkandl
Zuckerkandl Tubercle (ZT) is the posterior projection of lateral lobes of the thyroid gland and is a common anatomical structure observed in 60-90% of cases. The tubercle was first described by […]
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Optoacoustic Cochlear implant to hear with light pulses
Cochlear implants are electronic prosthetic devices used in adults and children with sensory neural hearing loss, who are not benefited by the use of conventional hearing aids. They bypass the […]
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