תוצאת חיפוש

עדי פרימוב-פבר, יונה קרוננברג, יואב פ' תלמי,

המח' לאא"ג, ניתוחי ראש וצוואר, מרכז רפואי שיבא, תל-השומר

תיסמונת הציפורן הצהובה (yellow nail syndrome) (תצ"צ)(1) מתאפיינת בהאטה בצמית הציפורן ובשינוי ציבעה לצהוב, בבצקת לימפטית של הקרסוליים ובתפליט קרום הריאה. לתיסמונת מתלוות גם מחלות דרכי-הנשימה העליונות, ביניהן דלקת גתות-האף (דג"א)(2) ונזלת כרונית. במרבית החולים מופיעים התסמינים השונים לפני התפרצות מחלות האף.

במאמר זה מדווח על שלוש פרשות חולים שבהם קדמה הופעת התסמינים הקשורים לדרכי-הנשימה העליונות לאלו המאפיינים את תצ"צ.

חוסיין גדבאן, יואב טלמון, אלבין סמט ויצחק כהן

טרטוקארצינוסארקומה ממאירה של חלל האף וגיתות האף היא שאת נדירה מאוד ופולשנית. היא מתאפיינת בעירוב מרכיבים אפיתליים ומזאנכימיים במישלב עם מרכיבים תאיים בעלי מאפיינים עובריים.

במאמר זה מדווח על פרשת החולה הראשון והיחיד בישראל שלקה בשאת מסוג זה  (בספרות הרפואית בעולם דווח עד היום על 40-50 פרשות חולים שלקו במחלה זו).

כמו-כן, מובאת סקירת הספרות הרפואית בנושא.

יעל אסטרייכר, רפאל פיינמסר

מח' אף-אוזן-גרון, מרכז רפואי רבין, פתח-תקווה

מחלת הגרון השכיחה ביותר בראשית המאה העשרים היתה שחפת. עם היעלמות השחפת נעלמה גם שחפת הגרון. בד בבד עם העלייה בשכיחות השחפת בשני העשורים האחרונים, עלתה גם שכיחות שחפת הגרון. לשחפת הגרון מיגוון הסתמנויות נרחב, החל בתהליך מוגבל לגרון ועד למחלה רב-מערכתית. המימצאים בגרון אינם תמיד ייחודיים לשחפת: הם יכולים לדמות למחלות כרוניות ולתהליכים שאתיים בגרון. המישלב של סימנים בלתי-סגוליים מחד-גיסא והניסיון הקליני המועט של הרופאים, בפרט הצעירים, עם המחלה מאידך-גיסא, מקשים על איבחון המחלה.

במאמר זה מובאים השינויים שחלו בשחפת הגרון מבחינת האוכלוסייה הנפגעת, אופן ההדבקה ומיקומה של המחלה בגרון במהלך המאה העשרים. כן מובאות 3 פרשות חולים בשחפת הגרון, הממחישות את הגיוון שבהסתמנויות המחלה.

(1) ודים לטיצ'בסקי, (1) יואב טלמון, (1) אלבין סמט, (2) יצחק כהן

(1) המח' לרפואת אא"ג, (2) המכון לפתולוגיה, בית-חולים לגליל מערבי, נהריה

Verrucous carcinoma היא שאת נדירה מהסוג של שאתות קשקש ממאירות – squamous cell carcinoma. האזור האופייני להתהוות שאתות מסוג זה הוא בחלל הפה והלוע. בדרך-כלל מתהוות השאתות ברירית של החניכיים והלחיים. מובאת בזאת פרשת חולה של גבר בן 70, שהופנה למרפאתנו עקב קושי בנשימה דרך האף. בבדיקה נמצא גוש ממאיר באף, שאובחן כשאת ממאירה מסוג verrucous carcinoma. למיטב ידיעתנו, זהו הדיווח הראשון והיחיד בישראל על שאת מסוג זה באף.

Management of Nasal Meningoencephaloceles and Cerebrospinal Rhinorrhea

M. Puterman, A. Leiberman, I. Shelef*

E.N.T Department, Radiological Department* Soroka Medical Center, Beer-Sheva, Ben-Gurion University

CSF rhinorrhea constitutes a diagnostic challenge. If unrecognized or incompletely managed, it can result in devastating complications. The physician must e aware to this entity and it's management. The conventional neurosurgical management of meningoencephaloceles and cerebrospinal rhinorrhea has been by the intracranial approach.

Otolaryngologists have undertaken extracranial approaches for repair of these problems with fair results. In recent years, functional endoscopic sinus surgery has gained polularity and was advocated for the repair of nasal meningoencephaloceles and CSF fistulae. Between 1998 and 1999, five patients were operated by the senior author (M.P) by means of endoscopic sinus surgery.

High success rate and lower morbidity make this approach the treatment of choice. The perioperative use of fluoroscein allows us to locate precisely the defect and to confirm complete sealing of the leak.

We present our experience in managing 5 cases, 3 of which presented with meningoencephaloceles.

Characteristics of Nasopharyngeal Carriage of Streptococcus Pneumoniae in Children During Acute Respiratory Disease

A. Aran¹, D. Fraser², R. Dagan¹

Pediatric Infectious Disease Unit¹, Epidemiology Department², Soroka University Medical Center and Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva

Streptococcus pneumoniae is an important cause of pediatric morbidity and its main reservoir is the nasopharynx, from which it can disseminate and cause invasive disease. From November 1997 through March 1998, nasopharyngeal carriage of S. pneumoniae was evaluated in 250 children under the age of 36 months: 123 Jews and 127 Bedouins with acute respiratory disease and in 980 healthy control children (852 Jews and 128 Bedouins).

Carriage rate was higher among sick children. Among Jewish children it was 57% and 35% of sick and healthy children respectively (p<0.01), and among Bedouin children it figured as 80% and 67% respectively (p=0.01). The difference in carriage rate was most prominent in infants under the age of 5 months: among Jewish children it was 60% and 27% of sick and healthy children respectively (p<0.001) and among Bedouins it was 82% and 65% respectively (p=0.05).

Higher carriage rate of penicillin resistant pneumococci (PRP) was also detected in sick children, with no relation to antibiotic treatment in the month prior to sampling. In Jewish children PRP was detected in 12%, 28% (p<0.001) and 36% (p<0.001) of healthy children, sick children with previous antibiotic treatment and sick children with no treatment, respectively.

The seroypes included in the newly developed 7-valent conjugate vaccine: 4, 6B, 9V, 14, 18C, 19F, 23F, that are highly pathogenic and often antibiotic resistant contributed 74% of isolates in sick Jewish children who had previous antibiotic treatment and 39% of isolates in healthy children (p<0.001). In Bedouin children vaccine types carriers rate among the sick children was not higher than in healthy children.

Acute respiratory disease increases the risk of pneumococcal carriage in general and carriage of resistant pneumococci in particular. Previous antibiotic treatment increases the risk of carring one of the pathogenic serotypes included in the 7-valent vaccine. The impact of disease is most prominent in infants under 5 months, since they are usually less exposed to S. pneumoniae carriers than older children.

Since the increase in carriage rate during illness is mostly due to the serotypes included in the newly developed conjugate vaccine, future immunization programme may decrease not only morbidity rate but also nasopharyngeal carriage rate of pneumococci in general and of antibiotic-resistant pneumococci in particular.

Photodynamic Therapy of Nasal Basal Cell Carcinoma

R. Haddad, M. Cohen, O. Kaplan, R. Greenberg, H. Kashtan

Dept. of Surgery, Tel Aviv-Sourasky Medical Center

Photodynamic therapy (PDT) is a noninvasive modality used topically for several skin cancers. We evaluated the effects of PDT on basal cell carcinoma (BCC) of the nose, using aminolevulinic acid (ALA) as a photosensitizer and a non-laser light source (Versa-LightTM). The advantages of this light source are synergistic, hyperthermia and fewer side effects.

A paste of 20% ALA was applied topically to biopsy-proven BCC of the nose. Lesions were covered with occlusive light-shielding dressing and after 18 hours they were submitted to 10 minutes of exposure to the light. Initial evaluation was made after 21 days and every 3 months thereafter. Patients who did not respond after 2 treatments were referred for surgery.

Mean follow-up in 31 patients was 19 months (range 6-36). There were no significant side-effects. There was complete response in 24/27 (88.9%), in whom there was recurrence in 2/27 (7.4%).
 

Endoscopic Sinus Surgery for Extracranial Complications of Sinusitis

E. Deutsch, I. Hevron

ENT Dept., Bikur Cholim Hospital, Jerusalem

Orbital subperiosteal abscess (SPA) and Pott's puffy tumor (PPT) are the major extracranial complications of acute sinusitis. These complications are aggravated by the close anatomic relationships between the nasal sinuses and the orbits and frontal bone. Furthermore, the rich diploic venous drainage of the region enhances the spread of the infection.

Between 1992 and 1997, 16 patients (mean age 12 years, range 2-15, 10 of them males), 11 of them with SPA and 4 with PPT were operated on by the senior author by means of endoscopic sinus surgery (ESS). Indications for operation included: CT findings of abscess formation and lack of clinical improvement after 48 hours of IV antibiotic therapy. Clinical resolution of symptoms was achieved in all and there were no operative or postoperative complications.

We emphasize and explain the advantages of ESS over external approaches in surgery for extracranial complications of acute sinusitis by several facts: the technique treats the source of the disease, clinical success rate is high, morbidity is low, and facial distortion and poor cosmetic results completely avoided.

Nasopharyngeal Colonization with Streptococcus Pneumoniae in Pediatric Respiratory Infections

Isaac Srugo, Irena Chystiakov, Ella Cohen, Yoram Tal, Michael Jaffe

Clinical Microbiology and Pediatric Depts., Bnai Zion Medical Center and Technion Faculty of Medicine, Haifa

During the winter of 1995, nasopharyngeal colonization of Streptococcus pneumoniae was evaluated in 204 children with respiratory infection and 107 normal control children. There was no difference in gender or mean age between the groups, and no difference in carrier rate between sick (24.5%) and normal (22%) children (p=0.6). Carrier rates were 19%, 32%, 31% and 17% at 6, 12, 24 and 48 months, respectively. Penicillin-resistant pneumococci (PRP) were found in 42% of sick and 16.6% of normal children, (p<0.05). Resistance to more than 2 antibiotics was found in 28% of sick and in 12.5% of normal children. PRP were found in 67% and 34% of sick children with and without prior antibiotic treatment (p<0.05). We conclude that there is no difference in the carrier rate of Streptococcus pneumoniae between sick and normal children. However, the high prevalence of PRP in children with respiratory infections is probably due to prior antibiotic treatment.

Nerve Preservation during Superficial Parotidectomy

J. Shvero, I. Koren, R. Feinmesser

Depts. of Otorhinolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery, Rabin Medical Center (Beilinson Campus), Petah Tikva and Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University

Sensory loss in the operative area after superficial parotidectomy is one of the complications which disturbs the patient. The greater auricular nerve, which stems from the cervical plexus, supplies sensation to the area. Sacrifice of the nerve during superficial parotidectomy causes sensory loss in the area. We investigated the degree of sensory loss in the operative area after superficial parotidectomy in 10 patients in whom the posterior branch of the greater auricular nerve was preserved and compared the results with those in whom it was not, a year after operation. There was more sensory loss when the greater auricular nerve was sacrificed. We therefore suggest preserving the posterior branch of the greater auricular nerve during superficial parotidectomy if at all possible.

Local Treatment of Purulent Chronic Otitis Media with Ciprofloxacin

Ludwig Podoshin, Alexander Brodzki, Milo Fradis, Jacob Ben-David, Josef Larboni, Isaac Srugo

Dept. of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Microbiology Unit and Dept. of Pharmacology, Bnai-Zion Medical Center, and Bruce Rappaport Faculty of Medicine, The Technion, Haifa

We evaluated the efficacy of ciprofloxacin eardrops compared to tobramycin and to a placebo in the treatment of chronic suppurative otitis media. 60 ears were randomly assigned to treatment for 3 weeks with ciprofloxacin, tobramycin or placebo eardrops. The organism most commonly isolated from the ear discharge was Pseudomonas aeruginosa. The clinical responses were 78.9% and 72.2%, respectively, in the ciprofloxacin and tobramycin groups, while it was only 41.2% in the placebo group. Treatment with ciprofloxacin eardrops seemed to be at least as efficient as treatment with tobramycin. Considering the lack of ototoxicity of ciprofloxacin, this treatment may be best for chronic otitis media.

Balance Disturbances in Children with Middle Ear Effusions

Avishay Golz, Batia Angel-Yeger, Henri Zvi Joachims, Aviram Netzer, S. Parush

Dept. of Otolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery, Rambam Medical Center and Faculty of Medicine, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa

Vertigo and dizziness are not common complaints in childhood, but probably present more often than has been thought. These symptoms, caused mainly by otitis media (OM) and middle ear effusion (MEE), are 2 of the most common diseases in children, and until recently had long been neglected in the literature and in practice. We determined objectively the incidence of balance-related symptoms in children with long-lasting MEE, and resolution following insertion of ventilation tubes (VT). 36 children, aged 4-9 years, were studied using electronystagmography (ENG) and the Bruininks-Oseretsky tests for motor proficiency, before and after ventilation of the middle ear. Results were compared to those in 74 healthy children with no history of middle ear disease. Abnormal ENG findings were found in 58%, and 71% had low Bruininks-Oseretsky (BO) test scores. The ENG was abnormal in only 3 of the controls, 1 of whom also had low BO test scores. The symptoms and signs of balance disturbances resolved in 96% following VT insertion. These results indicate that balance-related symptoms often encountered in young children may result from chronic MEE, and that they resolve following evacuation of the effusion and ventilation of the middle ear.

The Parapharyngeal Space: Tumors and Surgical Approaches

E. Raveh, R. Sadov, B. Nageris, R. Feinmesser

Dept. of Otolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery, Rabin Medical Center, Petah Tikva

The potential parapharyngeal space contains the great vessels of the neck, cranial nerves IX-XII, the sympathetic chain and lymph nodes. Surgical access is difficult and the infrequency of tumors in it make surgery of this part of the head and neck a challenge. 8 women and 2 men (mean age 54.7, range 31-70 years) with tumors of the parapharyngeal space operated on during the past 6 years are presented. The most common surgical approach was the cervical submandibular, used in 6 of our patients with relative ease and minimal complications. Tumors of deep lobe parotid origin should be operated through a transparotid approach. Large benign or malignant tumors have a better prognosis when the transcervical transmandibular approach is used, providing wider access.

Gradenigo Syndrome and Cavernous Sinus Thrombosis, in Fusobacterial Acute Otitis Media

S. Hananya, Y. Horowitz

Pediatrics Dept., Central Hospital of the Emek, Afula

In this era of antimicrobial medication, intracranial complications following otitis media are rare. We present a 5-year-old boy who suffered from petrositis (Gradenigo syndrome) and cavernous sinus thrombosis as combined complications of acute otitis media caused by fusobacteria. The diagnosis was made using imaging methods suited to the various structures of the skull. Cure was achieved by prolonged conservative treatment with antibiotics, with gallium scan for evaluation of the bone inflammation.