pseudoexfoliation associated with sensorineural hearing loss?

To determine the possible relation between pseudoexfoliation [PSX] and sensorineural hearing loss. This study was carried out in Afyon Kocatepe University, Afyon, Turkey between July 2002 and June 2005. Sixty-three patients who were found to have ocular PSX on routine biomicroscopic examination, and 38 age-matched control subjects were evaluated for evidence of audiometric abnormality. The sum of pure-tone hearing threshold measured at 250-2000 Hz, 2000-6000 Hz, and 250-6000 Hz in each ear was compared with controls for the same frequencies. The mean age of the patients was 68.4 +/- 10.3 years. All patients had PSX affecting at least one eye. Fifty [79.4%] patients with PSX, and 10 [26.3%] control subjects were found to have hearing loss [p=0.00, chi-square]. From the 50 patients with PSX who had hearing loss, 34 patients had bilateral PSX, and 16 patients had unilateral PSX. Twenty-nine patients had high frequency hearing loss, while 20 patients had hearing loss in all frequencies. Forty-eight patients with PSX and 7 controls had bilateral sensorineural hearing loss [p=0.030]. Sensorineural hearing loss was seen more frequently in patients with PSX in comparison with age-matched control subjects

Solitary subcutaneous fibrolipoma in the partoid region

Lipomas are benign, subcutaneous collections which are rare in the maxillofacial region. This report describes an extraordinary huge lipoma with fibromucoid changes in parotid gland tumor. This lesion should be included as a rare possibility in the differential diagnosis of tumors involving the parotid gland