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Good luck to all on the NRMP Match Day this Friday! We are rooting for you! #OtoMatch #otomatch22
Have you heard of sinking skin flap syndrome? 😮 An important one to keep in mind for reconstruction of large scalp defects for malignancies with skull erosion. Learn more here in this case report by Ovaitt et al! sciencedirect.com/science/ar…
Great case report coming out of Singapore in our journal on neutralization of button battery damage using 0.25% acetic acid! Check it out here! sciencedirect.com/science/ar… @headmirror_com @AmJOtol @theOtoNotes
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The correct answer for the poll below was actually "Eagle's Syndrome related trauma"! The patient had bilaterally elongated styloid processes seen in the image below, which along with calcified stylohyoid ligaments and the hyoid formed a ring in the neck sciencedirect.com/science/ar…
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The ossification of these ligaments meant the loss of flexibility and, rather than accommodate the applied force, maintained their structure and pierced the retro-pharynx! Link to the case report is above!
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This otherwise healthy patient presented with odynophagia and dysphagia after blunt trauma to the neck playing sports. What's your diagnosis? HINT: See 3D recon below! @headmirror_com @theOtoNotes @AmJOtol 1/2
24%Laryngeal fracture
21%Eagle's Syndrome trauma
12%Pharyngeal laceration
42%Hyoid dislocation
33 votes • Final results
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Case report by @EricFar57598655 et al. We'll share the answer and case report in the next Tweet in 2 days!
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Check out this case report from our colleagues in India about a nasopharyngeal lipoma in an infant! sciencedirect.com/science/ar…
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Remember rhinoscleroma outside the nose! Here's a report of a 31-year-old male from Guatemala presenting with laryngotracheal stenosis due to rhinoscleroma. Quick review of the 3 stages of rhinoscleroma below. Case report link: sciencedirect.com/science/ar… @theOtoNotes @headmirror_com
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Remember to include amyloidosis in your differential for nasopharyngeal masses! Check out this case of a patient presenting with hearing loss, right exudative otitis media, and a nasopharyngeal mass. Learn more here: sciencedirect.com/science/ar… @AmJOtol @headmirror_com @theOtoNotes
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Happy Sunday! Check out this fascinating case about an internal carotid artery pseudoaneurysm presenting as a peritonsillar abscess in a 14-year old with persistent sore throat and emesis after dental work. sciencedirect.com/science/ar…
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"The patient's original pharyngitis was thought to have developed into a cellulitis, creating a phlegmon that rapidly compromised and eroded into the carotid sheath, leading to separation of the internal carotid artery walls and the development of the pseudoaneurysm."
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"Cases like this illustrate the need to keep internal carotid artery pseudoaneurysms in the differential, especially given children's susceptibility to infectious arteritis "
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Check out this interesting case of chronic sinonasal symptoms due to retained bullet fragments in the skull base for 30+ years. Largest bullet fragment was removed via endonasal sinus surgery. #ZoukaaSargi #otolaryngology #rhinology @OtoCases @UMiamient sciencedirect.com/science/ar…
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Happy Sunday! Check out this interesting pediatric head/neck mass case from @urochestermed Otolaryngology! What's your diagnosis of this cheek mass in a 10 year old? Learn more here: sciencedirect.com/science/ar… @AmJOtol @theOtoNotes @headmirror_com
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Check out this case from @UAB_OTO on cystic parathyroid adenomas! Have you ever seen one? sciencedirect.com/science/ar…
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Interesting report from @UMichOto on the importance of a broad differential for ear canal masses! Learn more about this mystery lesion which may be associated with Carney complex, and should be worked up for associated cardiac and endocrine abnormalities! cutt.ly/cjCjdx5
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Happy New Year to all our followers! We look forward to exciting new research in 2021!
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You know it! Submit away
Great source for interesting oto case reports. If you have any good cases look into submitting @OtoCases
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